Corinth Coin: 1926 769
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1926 769
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Imitative Coin of Alexius I (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
Year:   1926
Coin Number:   769
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Authority:   Alexius I
Comments:   (1092 - 1118), post reform - Imitative Series
Obverse Legend:   C - [ ]
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:    C - 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
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   3.95
Weight:   3.95
Diameter:   20
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Findspot Description:   Lechaion Road
Excavation Date: 6/14/1926
Notebook 90, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
"mule"/Hybrid: between Edwards 119 and 122 / Hendy 7-8 and 10-12
Another Example: 69-213
BMC note: with obverse and reverse of type 3(p. 548), Barbarous imitation
Reference:   Edwards, p. 142, 119 and 122; BMC, p. 551; Hendy, p. 88, pl. 7-8 and pl. 10-12
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 2464
Image: digital 2010 2465
Image: digital 2010 2466