Corinth Coin: 1938 372
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1938 372
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Tetarteron of John II, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1118 - AD 1143)
Year:   1938
Coin Number:   372
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Tetarteron
Mint:   Thessalonika
Authority:   John II
Obverse Legend:   IC-XC
Obverse Type:   Christ half length, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, holds Gospels (open) in l. hand
Reverse Legend:   IV[DCC]-POT
Reverse Type:   Emperor bust, wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys, holds in r. hand jeweled scepter on long shaft, in l., globus crucigus.
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   3.56
Weight:   3.56
Diameter:   19
Chronology:   AD 1118 - AD 1143
Findspot Description:   Agora S.C.
Excavation Date: 3/30/1938, #1-20
Notebook: 176 p. 41, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Negatives: 95-6-18,19
Thessalonica Variation 1
Clipped
Reference:   DOC IV p. 270, 14; Hendy p. 106, plates 11.11-12; Ed. P. 144, 136
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 0537
Image: digital 2010 0538
Image: digital 2010 0539