Corinth Coin: T 1926 204
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   T 1926 204
Title:   Byzantine Billon Coin, Trebizond, Late 11th century Mint
Year:   1926
Coin Number:   204
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   Bi
Mint:   Trebizond, Late 11th century
Obverse Legend:   O / U
Obverse Type:   Bust of St. Theodore, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic, beastplate, and sagion; holds in r. hand spear, resting over the shoulder, and in l., shield
Reverse Legend:   no inscription
Reverse Type:   Cross with pellets on end, within circle of pellets
Under Type:   overstruck
Findspot Description:   Theater, East Cavea, Sect. VI in front of wall 1.80 above orchestra
Excavation Date: 4/26/1926, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
octagonal clip
Obverse: overstruck on cross on base with pellets on end and E in angles
Reverse: overstruck on cross on base with pellets on end and X in angles
Reference:   DOC IV.1, p. 431, 10; Edwards, 172 and 174; cf. Grierson 1011
Published:   Hesperia 1987, p. 147, 700
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: MacIsaac, Hesperia 56:2, 1987
Image: digital 2010 3517
Image: digital 2010 3518
Image: digital 2010 3519