Corinth Coin: 1935 1
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1935 1
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Tetarteron of Alexius I, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
Year:   1935
Coin Number:   1
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:   TVK-MN
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:   3.04
Weight:   3.04
Diameter:   21
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Findspot Description:   North of School; Top-soil from track laying
Excavation Date: 3/6/1935, #1-5
Notebook: Howland p. 107, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Negatives: 04-31-1,2
Reverse Legend originally read as +LL
Reference:   DOC IV p. 237, 40a.4; Hendy p. 88, Third Coinage, Plate 8.10
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 2342
Image: digital 2010 2343
Image: digital 2010 2344
Notebook Page: NB 151, spread 8 (pp. 7 - 8)