Corinth Coin: 1959 1467
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1959 1467
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Half Tetarteron of John II, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1118 - AD 1143)
Year:   1959
Coin Number:   1467
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Half Tetarteron
Mint:   Thessalonika
Authority:   John II
Obverse Legend:   To l. of Demetrius, [O/DH/MI]; to r. of Demetrius, T/RI/[OC]
Obverse Type:   St. Demetrius bust, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic, breastplate, and sagion, holds in r. hand sword, and in l. shield
Reverse Legend:   [+IV]D[CC]-POT
Reverse Type:   Emperor bust, wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and paneled loros of simplified type, holds in r. hand labarum-headed scepter on long shaft, in l., globus crucigus
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   3.55
Weight:   3.55
Diameter:   19
Chronology:   AD 1118 - AD 1143
Context:   NB210 B4 P174
Findspot Description:   Agora, Southwest; L-102
Excavation Date: 5/5/1959
Notebook: 210 p. 174
Basket: 4, NB210 B4 P174, .
Area:   Forum
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Type B
Reference:   DOC IV p. 272, 17; Hendy p. 107, plates 11.15
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 0585
Image: digital 2010 0586
Image: digital 2010 0587
Basket: NB210 B4 P174
Notebook Page: NB 210, spread 92 (pp. 174 - 175)