Corinth Coin: T 1928 49
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   T 1928 49
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Coin, Trebizond Mint (AD 1075 - AD 1140)
Year:   1928
Coin Number:   49
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Mint:   Trebizond
Obverse Legend:   IC - XC
Obverse Type:   Bust of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds Gospels (open) in l. hand
Reverse Legend:   no inscription
Reverse Type:   Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, collarpiece, and jeweled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand scepter cruciger, and in l., globus cruciger
Under Type:   overstruck
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   4.31
Weight:   4.31
Diameter:   28
Chronology:   AD 1075 - AD 1140
Findspot Description:   Theater, NW of stage, Sect. 5W
Excavation Date: 3/4/28, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Bender Class 7
Defrag. Clipped
Trebizond Type VII
Bendall Class 7
Obverse undertype - traces of letters in legend
Reverse undertype - obliterated
Reference:   DOC IV.1, p. 430, 7; Grierseon, p. 228, no. 1008
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 3484
Image: digital 2010 3485
Image: digital 2010 3486