Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Coin | |
Name: | T 1926 279 | |
Title: | Byzantine Copper/Bronze Follis, Trebizond Mint (AD 1000 - AD 1200) | |
Year: | 1926 | |
Coin Number: | 279 | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Material: | AE | |
Denomination: | Follis | |
Mint: | Trebizond | |
Obverse Legend: | IC - XC | |
Obverse Type: | Bust of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds Gospels (open) in l. hand | |
Reverse Legend: | ALES I O DEC | |
Reverse Type: | Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, collarpiece, and jeweled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand scepter cruciger, and in l., globus cruciger | |
Under Type: | overstruck | |
Axis Clock: | 6 | |
Weight Description: | 4.575 | |
Weight: | 4.575 | |
Diameter: | 28 | |
Chronology: | AD 1000 - AD 1200 | |
Findspot Description: | Theater, center; 1.60 m below track level Excavation Date: 3/13/1926, . | |
Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Overstruck on a Class C Anonymous Follis (flan too large) Trebizond Follis Type VII Another Example: T26-663 | |
Reference: | DOC IV.1, p. 430; Grierseon, p. 228, no. 1008 | |
Published: | Hesperia 1987, p. 145, 674 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: MacIsaac, Hesperia 56:2, 1987 Image: digital 2010 3487 Image: digital 2010 3488 Image: digital 2010 3489 |