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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Coin | |
| Name: | 1937 2 | |
| Title: | Byzantine Copper/Bronze Tetarteron of John II, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1118 - AD 1143) | |
| Year: | 1937 | |
| Coin Number: | 2 | |
| Period: | Byzantine | |
| Material: | AE | |
| Denomination: | Tetarteron | |
| Mint: | Thessalonika | |
| Authority: | John II | |
| Obverse Legend: | IC-XC | |
| Obverse Type: | Christ half length, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, holds Gospels (open) in l. hand | |
| Reverse Legend: | ||
| Reverse Type: | Emperor bust, wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys, holds in r. hand jeweled scepter on long shaft, in l., globus crucigus | |
| Axis Clock: | 6 | |
| Weight Description: | 3.80 | |
| Weight: | 3.80 | |
| Diameter: | 21 | |
| Chronology: | AD 1118 - AD 1143 | |
| Context: | NB167 P381 | |
| NB168 P74 | ||
| Findspot Description: | St. John's Hoard; #40 Excavation Date: 2/9/1937 Notebook: 169 p. 282, , . St. John's Hoard; #40 Excavation Date: 2/9/1937 Notebook: 169 p. 282, NB167 P381 NB168 P74, . | |
| Area: | Forum northeast | |
| Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Negatives: 95-6-22,23; 06-5-30,31 Thessalonica variation 1 Envelope designates hoard card 25, but this coin is not the coin designated on hoard card 25 | |
| Reference: | DOC IV p. 270, 14; Hendy p. 106, plates 11.11-12 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Image: digital 2010 0555 Image: digital 2010 0556 Image: digital 2010 0557 Basket: NB167 P381 Basket: NB168 P74 |
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