Corinth Coin: 1963 53
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1963 53
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Tetarteron of Alexius I, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
Year:   1963
Coin Number:   53
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Tetarteron
Mint:   Thessalonika
Authority:   Alexius I
Obverse Legend:   [C]-F/M-D
Obverse Type:   Jeweled, radiate cross, decorated at end of each limb with one large globule and two smaller, all on two steps; letters in angles
Reverse Legend:   []
Reverse Type:   Emperor bust, wearing stemma, divitision, and jeweled loros of traditional type, in r. hand, scepter cruciger, in l., globus cruciger
Axis Clock:   11
Weight Description:   5.00
Weight:   5.00
Diameter:   19.5
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Context:   NB253 B9 P82
Findspot Description:   Forum Southwest; He
Excavation Date: 5/9/1963
Notebook: 236 p. 124; 253 p. 82
Basket: 9, NB253 B9 P82, .
Area:   Forum southwest
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Fabric
Clipped
Note: 04302
Reference:   DOC IV p. 237, 40a.4; Hendy p. 88, Third Coinage, Plate 8.10
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 2363
Image: digital 2010 2364
Image: digital 2010 2365