Corinth Coin: 1959 1398
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1959 1398
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Tetarteron of Alexius I, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
Year:   1959
Coin Number:   1398
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Tetarteron
Mint:   Thessalonika
Authority:   Alexius I
Obverse Legend:   [IC]-X[C]
Obverse Type:   Christ bust, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, holds Gospels (open) in l. hand; Pellet in each limb of nimbus cross
Reverse Legend:    []A[]-DE[]
Reverse Type:   Emperor bust, wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys, in r. hand, scepter cruciger, in l., globus cruciger; elaborate border
Axis Clock:   5
Weight Description:   1.71
Weight:   1.71
Diameter:   19
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Context:   NB210 B7 P149
Findspot Description:   Agora, Southwest
4/29/1959, #28
Notebook: 210 p. 149 l. 19
Basket: 7, NB210 B7 P149, .
Area:   Forum
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Another example (elaborate border, 2.97 grams): 1960-1481
Reference:   DOC IV p. 235, 38.3-4; Hendy p. 88, First Coinage, Plates 8.7-8
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 2264
Image: digital 2010 2265
Image: digital 2010 2266
Basket: NB210 B7 P149
Notebook Page: NB 210, spread 79 (pp. 148 - 149)