Corinth Coin: 1938 369
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1938 369
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Half Tetarteron of John II, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1118 - AD 1143)
Year:   1938
Coin Number:   369
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Half Tetarteron
Mint:   Thessalonika
Authority:   John II
Obverse Legend:   IC-XC
Obverse Type:   Christ full-length, standing on dais, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds Gospels in l. hand
Reverse Legend:   +IV[DCC]-POTH
Reverse Type:   Emperor bust, wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys, holds in r. hand labarum-headed scepter on long shaft, in l., globus crucigus
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   1.65
Weight:   1.65
Diameter:   19
Chronology:   AD 1118 - AD 1143
Findspot Description:   Agora S.C.
Excavation Date: 3/29/1938, #76-103
Notebook: 176 p. 37, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Type A
Separated from original card, one of two coins
Reference:   DOC IV p. 271, 16; Hendy p. 106, plates 11.13-14; Ed. p. 144, 136
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 0573
Image: digital 2010 0574
Image: digital 2010 0575