Corinth Coin: T 1926 981
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   T 1926 981
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Half Tetarteron of Alexius I (1092 - 1118), Thessalonika Mint (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
Year:   1926
Coin Number:   981
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Half Tetarteron
Mint:   Thessalonika
Authority:   Alexius I (1092 - 1118)
Obverse Legend:   In field, IC - X[C]
Obverse Type:   Full-length figure of Christ, [bearded] and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; [holds Gospels in l. hand]
Reverse Legend:   [+LLE JIVDEC] or variant
Reverse Type:   Full-length figure of emperor [wearing stemma, divitision, and jeweled loros of simplified type]; holding labarum on long shaft in r. hand, and in l., globus cruciger
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   3.31
Weight:   3.31
Diameter:   20
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Findspot Description:   Theater, East Cavea VII, ca. 4.0 m above orchestra
Excavation Date: 5/14/1926
Notebook, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Reference:   DOC IV.1, p. 239, 43; Hendy, p. 89, pl. 8, 16; Grierson, p. 374, 1059
Published:   Hesperia 1987, p. 145, 677
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: MacIsaac, Hesperia 56:2, 1987
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