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: | ||
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) |