Corinth Coin: 1963 879
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1963 879
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Tetarteron of Alexius I, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
Year:   1963
Coin Number:   879
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Tetarteron
Mint:   Thessalonika
Authority:   Alexius I
Obverse Legend:   C-[F/M]-D
Obverse Type:   Jeweled, radiate cross, decorated at end of each limb with one large globule and two smaller, all on two steps; letters in angles
Reverse Legend:   +L[.]-DC
Reverse Type:   Emperor bust, wearing stemma, divitision, and jeweled loros of traditional type, in r. hand, scepter cruciger, in l., globus cruciger
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   4.73
Weight:   4.73
Diameter:   26.5
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Context:   NB254 B7 P23
Findspot Description:   Agora Southwest; J
Excavation Date: 4/18/1963
Notebook: 254 p. 23
Basket: 7 (of April 17), NB254 B7 P23, .
Area:   Forum
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Negatives: 05-24-1,2
New Variant (reverse)
Note: 02 Greek (probably A)- unclear
Reference:   DOC IV p. 237, 40a.4; Hendy p. 88, Third Coinage, Plate 8.10
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Images (5)