Corinth Coin: T 1926 84
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   T 1926 84
Title:   Copper/Bronze object (not a coin) of Roger Borsa, Duke of Salerno (AD 1085 - AD 1111)
Year:   1926
Coin Number:   84
Period:   Other
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Follis
Authority:   Roger Borsa, Duke of Salerno
Obverse Legend:   f - M
Obverse Type:   Bust of St. Matthew, facing, nimbate.
Reverse Legend:   RO[GE] / [RI]VS / [D]VX
Reverse Type:   3-line inscription, star above
Under Type:   overstruck over (Byzantine) Anon. Follis, Class K (ca.1085-ca.1092)
Axis Clock:   3
Weight Description:   3.995
Weight:   3.995
Diameter:   24
Chronology:   AD 1085 - AD 1111
Findspot Description:   Theater, East Cavea; upper D. ca.4m, above orchestra
Excavation Date: 04/19/1926
Notebook 91, p.146+149, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Reference:   Ed. 43; Longuet, pl.XV, 267; NC (1955), pl.X:2; for Anon. Follis K: DOC III, p.702.
Published:   Hesperia 1987, p. 150, 730.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: MacIsaac, Hesperia 56:2, 1987
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