Corinth Coin: 1974 236
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1974 236
Title:   Byzantine Billon Trachy of Alexius I, Constantinople Mint (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
Year:   1974
Coin Number:   236
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   Bi
Denomination:   Trachy
Mint:   Constantinople
Authority:   Alexius I
Obverse Legend:   [IC-XC]
Obverse Type:   Christ, bearded and nimbate, (traces) wearing tunic and colobion, seated on throne with back, holds Gospels in l. hand
Reverse Legend:   [+LLEJIV-DECPT] or [+LLE-DES]
Reverse Type:   Emperor bust wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys, holds in r. hand scepter cruciger, and in l., globus cruciger
Axis Clock:   6
Diameter:   27
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Context:   NB599 B20 P35
Findspot Description:   Forum West, Grid 65 C
4/23/1974
Basket: 20
Notebook: 599, p. 35, NB599 B20 P35, .
Area:   Forum west
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Skyphate, partly eaten away
Reference:   Hendy p. 86, Third Coinage, Plate 7.2-4
Published:   Hesperia 1975, p. 49, 320
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Williams & Fisher, Hesperia 44:1, 1975
Image: digital 2010 2214
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