Corinth Coin: T 1929 2627
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   T 1929 2627
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Imitative Tetarteron, Uncertain Mint (AD 1100 - AD 1200)
Year:   1929
Coin Number:   2627
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Tetarteron
Mint:   Uncertain
Comments:   Imitative
Obverse Type:   effaced
Reverse Type:   monogram (centered X )
Weight Description:   1.03
Weight:   1.03
Diameter:   18
Chronology:   AD 1100 - AD 1200
Findspot Description:   Theater, East Section, G11, +/- .7 m above pavement
Excavation Date: 4/10/1929
Notebook 324, p. 876, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. "Tetarteron" fabric, 12th - 13th century Imitation
Imitation
Seems to borrow elements from both Manuel I's monogram and his 'cross on steps' type
Reference:   cf. DOC IV.1, p. 335, 22; cf. DOC IV.1, p. 332, 19
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 0950
Image: digital 2010 0951
Image: digital 2010 0952