Corinth Coin: T 1926 279
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 DECP[O]TE
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