Corinth Coin: 1935 10
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1935 10
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Half Tetarteron of Alexius I, Uncertain Mint (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
Year:   1935
Coin Number:   10
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Half Tetarteron
Mint:   Uncertain
Authority:   Alexius I
Obverse Legend:    [MR]-UN]
Obverse Type:   Virgin bust nimbate, wearing tunic and maphorion
Reverse Legend:   []-LLC
Reverse Type:   Emperor bust, wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys, holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, in l., globus cruciger
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   2.22
Weight:   2.22
Diameter:   16
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Findspot Description:   Agora SE
Excavation Date: 3/25/1935, #5-11
Notebook: 147 p. 21, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Negatives: 04-31-21,22
Largely off flan, has original casting
A great rarity
Hendy cites Thessalonica as the mint for this type.
Reference:   Hendy p. 89, Plate 8.17
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 2237
Image: digital 2010 2238
Image: digital 2010 2239
Notebook Page: NB 151, spread 17 (pp. 25 - 26)