Corinth Coin: 1936 1753
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1936 1753
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Imitative Coin, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1204)
Year:   1936
Coin Number:   1753
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Mint:   Thessalonika
Comments:   Imitative
Obverse Legend:   IC – XC in field
Obverse Type:   Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne without back; holds Gospels in l. hand and r. raised in benediction
Reverse Legend:   HLGILELENE O[A(in ligature)]KON(retrograde)LNT]
Reverse Type:   Full-length figures of Saints Helena (l.) and Constantine (r.), holding between them patriarchal cross on long shaft and step. St. Helena holds jeweled scepter, Constantine scepter cruciger
Weight Description:   4.26
Weight:   4.26
Diameter:   30
Chronology:   AD 1204
Findspot Description:   Agora SC
Excavation Date: 10/27/1936, #18
Notebook 160, p. 46, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Card #177. Latin Imitative, Type C
Reference:   Hendy, p. 197, pl. 28, 9-10
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 1452
Image: digital 2010 1453
Image: digital 2010 1454