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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Coin | |
| Name: | 1977 278 | |
| Title: | Byzantine Copper/Bronze Tetarteron of Alexius I, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1092 - AD 1118) | |
| Year: | 1977 | |
| Coin Number: | 278 | |
| Period: | Byzantine | |
| Material: | AE | |
| Denomination: | Tetarteron | |
| Mint: | Thessalonika | |
| Authority: | Alexius I | |
| Comments: | clipped | |
| Obverse Legend: | [IC-XC] | |
| 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 | |
| Symbol: | Rev.: illegible symbol to upper r. of emperor, see DOC IV p. 235 for more detail. | |
| Axis Clock: | 11 | |
| Weight Description: | 3.14 | |
| Weight: | 3.14 | |
| Diameter: | 18 | |
| Chronology: | AD 1092 - AD 1118 | |
| Context: | NB664 B87 P109 | |
| Findspot Description: | Forum Southwest; ZZ63; Elevation: 83.09-82.91; Road Excavation Date: 5/3/1977 Notebook: 664 p. 109 Basket: 87, NB664 B87 P109, . | |
| Area: | Forum southwest | |
| Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Negatives: 04-29-23,24 Clipped Another example: Agora S.C. 4/28/1938 (1-11), 2.90 grams (symbol on l. shoulder) | |
| Reference: | DOC p. 235, 38.3-4; Hendy p. 88, First Coinage, Plates 8.7-8 | |
| Published: | Hesperia 1984, p. 248, 508 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Fisher, Hesperia 53:2, 1984 Images (5) |
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