Corinth Coin: T 1926 363
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   T 1926 363
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Tetarteron of Alexius I (1092 - 1118) - Hybrid, Corinth? Mint (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
Year:   1926
Coin Number:   363
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Tetarteron
Mint:   Corinth?
Authority:   Alexius I (1092 - 1118) - Hybrid
Obverse Legend:   In field, [IC - XC]
Obverse Type:   Bust of Christ, facing; nimbate with pellets in links of cross; r. hand raised in benediction, and l. hand holds Gospels
Reverse Legend:    [C - F] / M - [D]
Reverse Type:   Jeweled, radiate cross, decorated at end of each limb with one large globule and two smaller, all on two steps; letters in angles
Axis Clock:   6
Diameter:   19
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Findspot Description:   Theater, Center, 2.0 m below track level
Excavation Date: 3/19/1926, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Broken
"mule"/Hybrid: between Edwards 119 and 122 / Hendy 7-8 and 10-12
Reference:   Edwards, p. 142, 119 and 122; Hendy, p. 88, pl. 7-8 and pl. 10-12
Published:   Hesperia 1987, p. 144, 672
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: MacIsaac, Hesperia 56:2, 1987
Image: digital 2010 2473
Image: digital 2010 2474
Image: digital 2010 2475