Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Coin | |
Name: | T 1926 538 | |
Title: | Byzantine Copper/Bronze Half Tetarteron of Manuel I, 1143-1180 – Type C (Light Standard), Uncertain Greek Mint (AD 1143 - AD 1180) | |
Year: | 1926 | |
Coin Number: | 538 | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Material: | AE | |
Denomination: | Half Tetarteron | |
Mint: | Uncertain Greek | |
Authority: | Manuel I, 1143-1180 – Type C (Light Standard) | |
Obverse Legend: | [IC] - XC | |
Obverse Type: | Bust of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds scroll in l. hand. Pellet in each limb of nimbus cross. | |
Reverse Legend: | ||
Reverse Type: | Full-length figure of emperor, bearded, wearing uncertain dress (stemma, short military tunic, breastplate, and sagion?); holds in r. hand scepter cruciger, and in l. gl. cr. | |
Axis Clock: | 6 | |
Weight Description: | 1.88 | |
Weight: | 1.88 | |
Diameter: | 17 | |
Chronology: | AD 1143 - AD 1180 | |
Findspot Description: | Theater, Center, Section VII, Pit C, 1.0 m below track level Excavation Date: 4/1/1926, . | |
Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. | |
Reference: | DOC IV.1, p. 338, 24; Hendy, p. 122, pl 18 5-6; Grierson, p. 375, 1107 | |
Published: | Hesperia 1987, p. 147, 686 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: MacIsaac, Hesperia 56:2, 1987 Image: digital 2010 0717 Image: digital 2010 0718 Image: digital 2010 0719 |