Corinth Coin: 1927 1252
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1927 1252
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Tetarteron of Manuel I, 1143-1180 – Type A, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1143 - AD 1180)
Year:   1927
Coin Number:   1252
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Tetarteron
Mint:   Thessalonika
Authority:   Manuel I, 1143-1180 – Type A
Obverse Legend:   [OGE - VP(in ligature)GIOW]
Obverse Type:   Bust of St. George, beardless and nimabte, wearing tunic, breastplate, and sagion; holds in r. hand spear, and in l. shield
Reverse Legend:   MANOY(in ligature)HL DECPOT
Reverse Type:   Bust of emperor, bearded, wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and jeweled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum-headed scepter, and in l., globus cruciger
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   3.335
Weight:   3.335
Diameter:   22
Chronology:   AD 1143 - AD 1180
Findspot Description:   Lechaion Road
Excavation Date: 5/6/1927
Notebook 95, p. 105, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Card #1252
Reference:   DOC IV.1, p. 329, 18; Hendy, p. 120, pl. 17, 13; Wroth II, p. 579, type 6
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 0687
Image: digital 2010 0688
Image: digital 2010 0689