Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Coin | |
Name: | 1977 211 | |
Title: | Byzantine Copper/Bronze Tetarteron of Alexius I, Thessalonica Mint (AD 1092 - AD 1118) | |
Year: | 1977 | |
Coin Number: | 211 | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Material: | AE | |
Denomination: | Tetarteron | |
Mint: | Thessalonica | |
Authority: | Alexius I | |
Obverse Legend: | ||
Obverse Type: | Virgin bust nimbate, orans, wearing tunic and maphorion. | |
Reverse Legend: | ||
Reverse Type: | Emperor bust, wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys, holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, and in l. globus cruciger | |
Under Type: | traces of overstrike on reverse on Class K | |
Axis Clock: | 6 | |
Weight Description: | 4.55 | |
Weight: | 4.55 | |
Diameter: | 21 | |
Chronology: | AD 1092 - AD 1118 | |
Context: | NB664 B76 P664 | |
NB664 B76 P98 | ||
Findspot Description: | Forum Southwest; Grid ZZ 63-64; Room 1-bothros; Elevation: 83.04-82.46 Excavation Date: 4/29/1977 Notebook: 664 Basket: 76, NB664 B76 P664, . Forum Southwest; Grid ZZ 63-64; Room 1-bothros; Elevation: 83.04-82.46 Excavation Date: 4/29/1977 Notebook: 664 Basket: 76, NB664 B76 P98, . | |
Area: | Forum southwest | |
Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Negatives: 04-29-25,26 Clear specimen Another example: 1960-1492 (similar Overstrike, 4.57 grams); 1989-250 (similar reverse inscription) | |
Reference: | DOC IV p. 236, 39.4-5; Hendy p. 88, Second Coinage, Plate 8.9 | |
Published: | Hesperia 1984, p. 248, 510 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Fisher, Hesperia 53:2, 1984 Images (5) |