Corinth Coin: T 1926 1307
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   T 1926 1307
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Follis of Anonymous Series B, Constantinople Mint (AD 1030 - AD 1042)
Year:   1926
Coin Number:   1307
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Follis
Mint:   Constantinople
Authority:   Anonymous Series B
Obverse Legend:   [+EMMA NOVHL; IC-XC].
Obverse Type:   Christ bust, facing, cr.-nimbus w. 'square' in each arm; r.hand raised in blessing within sling; l.hand holds book.
Reverse Legend:   IS-XS / bAS-ILE / bAS-ILE, within corners of cross.
Reverse Type:   Cross on base and two steps, upper arms end in pellets.
Axis Clock:   5
Weight Description:   12.35
Weight:   12.35
Diameter:   31
Chronology:   AD 1030 - AD 1042
Findspot Description:   Theater, East Section, VII, ca.4.0m above orchestra
Excavation Date: 05/28/1926
Notebook 91?, p.280, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. DOC: dated ca.1030/35-1042(?)
New ornament variant.
rev.: double-struck or flan jumped during strike (vertical shaft of cross and inscr. staggered)
Reference:   DOC III, p.676.
Published:   Hesperia 1987, p. 141, 660.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: MacIsaac, Hesperia 56:2, 1987
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