Corinth Coin: 1975 517
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1975 517
Title:   Byzantine Billon Imitative Coin of Manuel I ?
    Coin
Year:   1975
Coin Number:   517
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   Bi
Authority:   Manuel I ?
Comments:   Type A, Imitative Series?
Obverse Type:   rendering of monogram, with X centered
Reverse Type:   traces of Emperor? With cloak and scepter?
Weight Description:   1.07
Weight:   1.07
Diameter:   15
Context:   NB630 B34 P39
Findspot Description:   Temple Hill, West Road, Trench II, South of and below Wall #89
Excavation Date: 7/10/1975
Basket 34
Notebook 630, p. 39, .
    NB630 B34 P39, .
Area:   Temple Hill
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Imitation
flan much battered
clipped, spidery letters and cross
fabric like late skyphates of Latin imitations
    Record generated from NB catalogue.
Reference:   cf. DOCIV.1, p. 335, 22; cf. Hendy, p.121, pl. 17, 17-18 and pl. 18, 1-2; cf. Edwards, p. 146, 149
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Images (5)
Basket: NB630 B34 P39
Notebook Page: NB 630, spread 24 (p. 39)