Corinth Coin: T 1928 2939
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   T 1928 2939
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Coin of Alexius I (1092 - 1118) - Hybrid (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
Year:   1928
Coin Number:   2939
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Authority:   Alexius I (1092 - 1118) - Hybrid
Obverse Legend:   [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 / L - 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:   7
Weight Description:   3.005
Weight:   3.005
Diameter:   23
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Findspot Description:   Theater, Theater Street, 6th and 7th Sections North
Excavation Date: 5/30/1928
Notebook 322, p. 718, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
"mule"/Hybrid: between Edwards 119 and 122 / Hendy 7-8 and 10-12 / Barbarous mule between Grierson
#1055 reverse and 1057 Reverse
Reference:   Edwards, p. 142, 119 and 122; Hendy, p. 88, pl. 7-8 and pl. 10-12; Agora II, 1890
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 2485
Image: digital 2010 2486
Image: digital 2010 2487