Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Coin | |
Name: | 1937 187 | |
Title: | Byzantine Copper/Bronze Trachy of Alexius I, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1092 - AD 1118) | |
Year: | 1937 | |
Coin Number: | 187 | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Material: | AE | |
Denomination: | Trachy | |
Mint: | Thessalonika | |
Authority: | Alexius I | |
Obverse Legend: | [IC-XC] | |
Obverse Type: | Christ seated on throne, nimbate | |
Reverse Legend: | ||
Reverse Type: | Emperor, standing facing, crowned by Virgin standing on r., wears crown with cross, jewelled loros and mantle, in l. hand globus cruciger, r. pressed against chest; Virgin nimbate wears tunic and maphorion, l. hand in benediction; in field above M | |
Symbol: | Rev.: in field, M | |
Axis Clock: | 5 | |
Weight Description: | 4.21 | |
Weight: | 4.21 | |
Diameter: | 27 | |
Chronology: | AD 1092 - AD 1118 | |
Findspot Description: | Agora N.C. 10/9/1937, #68-75 Notebook:171, p. 68, . | |
Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Skyphate Very scarce. | |
Reference: | Grierson 1054 (var. D); cf. BMC II, p. 550, 1; John II, Type 2 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece |