Corinth Coin: 1937 4
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1937 4
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Half Tetarteron of Manuel I, 1143-1180 - Type A, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1143 - AD 1180)
Year:   1937
Coin Number:   4
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Half Tetarteron
Mint:   Thessalonika
Authority:   Manuel I, 1143-1180 - Type A
Obverse Legend:   M, L, D, K
Obverse Type:   Monogram (centered P)
Reverse Legend:   no inscription
Reverse Type:   Bust of emperor, beardless, wearing stemma, divitision, 5-jeweled collar-piece and panelled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, and in l. globus cruciger
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   2.05
Weight:   2.05
Diameter:   15.5
Chronology:   AD 1143 - AD 1180
Context:   NB167 P381
    NB163 P161
Findspot Description:   St. John's Hoard, #47
Excavation Date: 2/9/1937
Notebook 169, p. 282, NB167 P381, .
St. John's Hoard, #47
Excavation Date: 2/9/1937
Notebook 169, p. 282, NB163 P161, .
Area:   Agora south central
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Card #60
Reference:   DOC IV.1, p. 333, 20; Hendy, p.121, pl. 17, 17-18
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Images (4)
Basket: NB167 P381