| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Coin | |
| Name: | T 1929 3020 | |
| Title: | Byzantine Copper/Bronze Tetarteron of Alexius I, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1092 - AD 1118) | |
| Year: | 1929 | |
| Coin Number: | 3020 | |
| Period: | Byzantine | |
| Material: | AE | |
| Denomination: | Tetarteron | |
| Mint: | Thessalonika | |
| Authority: | Alexius I | |
| Obverse Legend: | IC-[XC] | |
| Obverse Type: | Christ bust, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, holds Gospels (open) in l. hand; Pellet in each limb of nimbus cross | |
| Reverse Legend: | ||
| Reverse Type: | Emperor bust, wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys, in r. hand, scepter cruciger, in l., globus cruciger | |
| Under Type: | Overstrike obverse on virgin (oriented 10), possibly on Class G | |
| Axis Clock: | 6 | |
| Weight Description: | 2.30 | |
| Weight: | 2.30 | |
| Diameter: | 20.5 | |
| Chronology: | AD 1092 - AD 1118 | |
| Findspot Description: | Theater; East Section, East Trench; 1.2 meters Excavation Date: 4/18/1929 Notebook: 324 p. 900, . | |
| Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Irregular Lettering with tiny punches Style- globus with dotted cross. Irregular Other examples: T1929-1003 (2.53 grams), 1959-1424 (2.65 grams). | |
| Reference: | cf. DOC IV p. 235, 38.3-4; Hendy p. 88, First coinage, Plates 8.7-8; Grierson p. 374 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Image: digital 2010 2267 Image: digital 2010 2268 Image: digital 2010 2269 |
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