Corinth Coin: 1937 6
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1937 6
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Half Tetarteron of Manuel I, 1143-1180 - Type A, Uncertain Greek Mint (AD 1143 - AD 1180)
Year:   1937
Coin Number:   6
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Half Tetarteron
Mint:   Uncertain Greek
Authority:   Manuel I, 1143-1180 - Type A
Obverse Legend:   M, L, D, K
Obverse Type:   Monogram (peudent P)
Reverse Legend:   no inscription
Reverse Type:   Bust of emperor, beardless, wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and panelled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, and in l. globus cruciger
Axis Clock:   12
Weight Description:   3.32
Weight:   3.32
Diameter:   17
Chronology:   AD 1143 - AD 1180
Context:   NB168 P133
Findspot Description:   St. John's Hoard
Excavation Date: 2/9/1937, #103
Notebook 169, p. 282, NB168 P133, .
Area:   Forum northeast
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Card #73
Reference:   DOCIV.1, p. 335, 22; Hendy, p.121, pl. 18, 1-2
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 0620
Image: digital 2010 0621
Image: digital 2010 0622
Basket: NB168 P133