Corinth Coin: 1961 821
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1961 821
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Coin of Alexius I (AD 1081 - AD 1118)
    Byzantine Copper/Bronze Coin of Alexius I (1092 - 1118), post reform (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
Year:   1961
Coin Number:   821
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Authority:   Alexius I
    Alexius I (1092 - 1118), post reform
Obverse Legend:    A - A / K - F
Obverse Type:   Patriarchal cross on two steps; letters in angles
Reverse Legend:    [LLC JI ]
Reverse Type:   Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, and jeweled loros of traditional type; holds in r. hand jeweled scepter, and in l., gl. cr.
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   1.235
Weight:   1.235
Diameter:   13
    10
Chronology:   AD 1081 - AD 1118
    AD 1092 - AD 1118
Context:   NB229 B23 P155
Findspot Description:   NB229 B23 P155, .
    Corinth Agora SW - F
Excavation Date: 5/26/1961, #32
Notebook 223, p. 118
Notebook 229, p. 155
Basket 23, May 25, 1961, .
Area:   Forum
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
pierced above left of emperor
Reference:   DOC IV.1, p. 240, 45a.1 ff.; Hendy, p. 89, pl. 8, 13-15; BMC, p. 552, type 10
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 2434
Image: digital 2010 2435
Image: digital 2010 2436
Basket: NB229 B23 P155