Corinth Coin: T 1926 638
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   T 1926 638
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Tetarteron of Alexius I, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
Year:   1926
Coin Number:   638
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Tetarteron
Mint:   Thessalonika
Authority:   Alexius I
Obverse Legend:   [MR-UN]
Obverse Type:   Virgin bust nimbate, orans, wearing tunic and maphorion
Reverse Legend:   []
Reverse Type:   Emperor bust, wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys, in r. hand, scepter cruciger, in l., globus cruciger
Under Type:   Overstrike on uncertain
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   2.93
Weight:   2.93
Diameter:   20
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Findspot Description:   Theater; East Cavea; Section VI, Rt; Depth ca. 1.00 meters below track level
Excavation Date: 4/7/1926
Notebook: p. 111-112, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Another example: 1961-345 (inscribed DC; 5.24 grams)
Reference:   DOC IV p. 236, 39.4-5; Hendy p. 88, Second Coinage, Plate 8.9
Published:   Hesperia 1987, p. 145, 675
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: MacIsaac, Hesperia 56:2, 1987
Image: digital 2010 2279
Image: digital 2010 2280
Image: digital 2010 2281