Corinth Coin: 1974 599
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1974 599
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Half Tetarteron of Manuel I, 1143-1180 - Type A, Uncertain Greek Mint (AD 1143 - AD 1180)
Year:   1974
Coin Number:   599
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Half Tetarteron
Mint:   Uncertain Greek
Authority:   Manuel I, 1143-1180 - Type A
Obverse Legend:   M, L, D, K
Obverse Type:   Monogram (peudent P)
Reverse Legend:   no inscription
Reverse Type:   Bust of emperor, beardless, wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and panelled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, and in l. globus cruciger
Axis Clock:   11
Weight Description:   1.64
Weight:   1.64
Diameter:   17
Chronology:   AD 1143 - AD 1180
Context:   NB608 P8
Findspot Description:   Temple Hill, West Road Trenches, Surface Cleaning
Excavation Date: 7/3/1974
Notebook 608, p. 8, NB608 P8, .
Area:   Temple Hill
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
clipped flan - nearly F.D.C.
Reference:   DOCIV.1, p. 335, 22; Hendy, p.121, pl. 18, 1-2
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Images (5)
Basket: NB608 P8
Notebook Page: NB 608, spread 9 (p. 9)