Corinth Coin: T 1928 564
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   T 1928 564
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Imitative Coin of Alexius I (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
Year:   1928
Coin Number:   564
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Authority:   Alexius I
Comments:   (1092 - 1118), post reform - Imitative Series
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:    D - F / M - 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
Under Type:   overstruck
Axis Clock:   1
Weight Description:   3.55
Weight:   3.55
Diameter:   22.5
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Findspot Description:   Theater, West part of Stage
Excavation Date: 4/2/1928
Notebook 320, p. 502, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Possibly Imitation
Overstruck
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 2479
Image: digital 2010 2480
Image: digital 2010 2481