Corinth Coin: 1933 2054
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1933 2054
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Coin of Alexius I (1092 - 1118), post reform, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
Year:   1933
Coin Number:   2054
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Mint:   Thessalonika
Authority:   Alexius I (1092 - 1118), post reform
Obverse Legend:    A - [A]/ K - F
Obverse Type:   Patriarchal cross on two steps; border of pellets; letters in angles
Reverse Legend:    LLE [JI ]
Reverse Type:   Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, and jeweled loros of traditional type; holds in r. hand jeweled scepter, and in l., globus cruciger; border of pellets
Axis Clock:   4
Weight Description:   2.68
Weight:   2.68
Diameter:   18
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Findspot Description:   Roman Bldg, S of Oakley House
Excavation Date: 11/4/1933, #50
Notebook 137, p. 55, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Thessalonika, Type D
Card #73
Reference:   DOC IV.1, p. 240, 45a.1 ff.; Hendy, pl. 8, 13-15; BMC, p. 552, type 10
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 2416
Image: digital 2010 2417
Image: digital 2010 2418