Corinth Coin: T 1928 2974
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   T 1928 2974
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Imitative Half Tetarteron of Manuel I (AD 1143 - AD 1180)
Year:   1928
Coin Number:   2974
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Half Tetarteron
Authority:   Manuel I
Comments:   Type B, Imitative Series
Obverse Legend:   [OGE VP(in ligature) – GIOW]
Obverse Type:   Bust of St. George, beardless and nimabte, wearing tunic, breastplate, and sagion; holds in r. hand spear, and in l. shield
Reverse Legend:   [MANOY(in ligature)HL DECPOT]
Reverse Type:   Bust of emperor, bearded, wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and jeweled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum-headed scepter, and in l., globus cruciger
Weight Description:   0.97
Weight:   0.97
Diameter:   14
Chronology:   AD 1143 - AD 1180
Findspot Description:   Theater, Theater Street, 6th and 7th Sections North
Excavation Date: 6/1/1928
Notebook 322, p. 724, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Imitation, Counterfeit
Deliberately halved
Reference:   Grierson, p. 375, 1106
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 0765
Image: digital 2010 0766
Image: digital 2010 0767