Corinth Coin: T 1929 316
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   T 1929 316
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Imitative Follis of Anonymous Series B, Uncertain Mint (AD 1090)
Year:   1929
Coin Number:   316
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Follis
Mint:   Uncertain
Authority:   Anonymous Series B
Comments:   Imitative
Obverse Legend:   No inscription; [IC-XC].
Obverse Type:   Christ bust, facing, cr.-nimbus w. 5 pellets in each arm; r.hand raised in blessing within sling; [l.hand holds book].
Reverse Legend:   [IS-XS] / [bA]S-IL[E] / [bA]S-IL[E], within corners of cross.
Reverse Type:   Cross [on base and two steps], [upper arms end in pellets].
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   1.96
Weight:   1.96
Diameter:   18.5
Chronology:   AD 1090
Findspot Description:   Theater, East Sect., dump.
Excavation Date: 03/07/1929, #36
Notebook 322, p.759, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Cut-down, thin fabric.
DOC: 11th c. imitation, dated ca.1090.
Reference:   DOC III, p.680.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 0488
Image: digital 2010 0489
Image: digital 2010 0490