Corinth Coin: T 1929 629
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   T 1929 629
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Imitative Half Tetarteron of John II, Uncertain Mint (AD 1118 - AD 1143)
Year:   1929
Coin Number:   629
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Half Tetarteron
Mint:   Uncertain
Authority:   John II
Comments:   Imitative
Obverse Legend:   IC-XC
Obverse Type:   Christ full-length, standing on dais, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds Gospels in l. hand
Reverse Type:   Emperor bust, wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys, holds in r. hand labarum-headed scepter on long shaft, in l., globus crucigus
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   2.27
Weight:   2.27
Diameter:   16
Chronology:   AD 1118 - AD 1143
Findspot Description:   Theater; West Parodos; Surface
Excavation Date: 2/28/1929
Notebook: 323 p. 13, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Octogonal clip
Imitation?
Reference:   cf. DOC IV p. 271, 16; Hendy p. 106, plates 11.13-14; Grierson p. 374, 1077
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 0594
Image: digital 2010 0595
Image: digital 2010 0596