Corinth Coin: 1961 715
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1961 715
Title:   Byzantine Billon Tetarteron of Alexius I, Constantinople Mint (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
Year:   1961
Coin Number:   715
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   Bi
Denomination:   Tetarteron
Mint:   Constantinople
Authority:   Alexius I
Obverse Legend:   [IC]-X[C]
Obverse Type:   Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and colobion, seated on throne without back, holds Gospels in l. hand
Reverse Legend:   [+LLEJIV DEC]
Reverse Type:   Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys; holds in r. hand scepter cruciger, and l. globus cruciger
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   3.71
Weight:   3.71
Diameter:   16
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Context:   NB228 B7 P125
Findspot Description:   Agora SW-E
Excavation Date: 5/24/1961, #10
Notebook: 223 p. 103; 228 p. 125
Basket: 7; Lot 721, NB228 B7 P125, .
Area:   Forum
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
worn, poor
Reference:   Hendy p. 87-88, Type C, Plate 8:3,4; BMC p. 549, Type 4 (or 5)
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 2226
Image: digital 2010 2227
Image: digital 2010 2384
Basket: NB228 B7 P125
Notebook Page: NB 228, spread 67 (pp. 124 - 125)