Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Coin | |
Name: | 1936 1688 | |
Title: | Byzantine Billon Imitative Trachy (AD 1195) | |
Year: | 1936 | |
Coin Number: | 1688 | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Material: | Bi | |
Denomination: | Trachy | |
Comments: | Bulgarian Imitative, Type C | |
Obverse Legend: | ||
Obverse Type: | Beardless, nimbate bust of Christ, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds scroll in l. hand. Pellets in each limb of nimbus cross. | |
Reverse Legend: | [ ] | |
Reverse Type: | Full-length figure of emperor on l. and of St. Constantine, holding between them gl. cr.; both hold labarum-headed scepter. | |
Weight Description: | 2.69 | |
Weight: | 2.69 | |
Diameter: | 27 | |
Chronology: | AD 1195 | |
Findspot Description: | Agora S.C. Excavation Date: 3/26/1936, #74-76 Notebook 158, p. 69, . | |
Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. bent Type C Imitation as Alexius III, Var. II Very similar to Alexius III, but more linear and sloppy jewelling Card #952 | |
Reference: | Hendy, pl. 24, 15 and pl. 25, 1-5; cf. DOC IV.1, p. 407-8, 3 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Image: digital 2010 1415 Image: digital 2010 1416 Image: digital 2010 1417 |