Corinth Coin: 1937 8
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1937 8
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Half Tetarteron of Manuel I, 1143-1180 - Type A, Uncertain Greek Mint (AD 1143 - AD 1180)
Year:   1937
Coin Number:   8
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Half Tetarteron
Mint:   Uncertain Greek
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, 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:   2.23
Weight:   2.23
Diameter:   16
Chronology:   AD 1143 - AD 1180
Context:   NB165 P113
Findspot Description:   St. John's So. Hoard, #87
Excavation Date: 2/9/1937
Notebook 169, p. 282, NB165 P113, .
Area:   Forum northeast
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Card #83
Reference:   DOCIV.1, p. 335, 22; Hendy, p.121, pl. 18, 1-2
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 0626
Image: digital 2010 0627
Image: digital 2010 0628
Basket: NB165 P113