Corinth Coin: 1977 44
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1977 44
Title:   Byzantine Coin of Isaac II Angelus ?, Thessalonica Mint (AD 1185 - AD 1195)
    Byzantine Billon Imitative Coin of Isaac II, Angelus, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1185 - AD 1195)
Year:   1977
Coin Number:   44
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   BI
    Bi
Mint:   Thessalonica
    Thessalonika
Authority:   Isaac II Angelus ?
    Isaac II, Angelus
Comments:   octag clipped
    Imitative
Obverse Legend:   [O] X[AP IX MI]
     [O]/X / [AR – X / MI]
Obverse Type:   St Michael bust winged nimb w sc & gl-cr
    Bust of archangel Michael, beardless and nimbate, wearing divitsion, collar-piece, and jeweled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand jeweled scepter, or spear, and in l. gl. cr.
Reverse Legend:   ICAAKOC üå
    [I / CA / AK] / OC - D / P
Reverse Type:   Isaac emp bust facg w sc-cr & gl-cr
    Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and jeweled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand scepter cruciger, and in l. gl. cr.
Under Type:   trim imit?
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   0.92
Weight:   0.92
Diameter:   13x15
    13
Chronology:   AD 1185 - AD 1195
Context:   NB665 B34 P39
Findspot Description:   Forum Southwest, NB665 B34 P39, .
    Forum SW, Grid 64:2Y, Debris over floor; Dep. Index: Fill 1977-1
Excavation Date: 4/20/1977
Basket 34
Notebook 665, p. 39, .
Area:   Forum southwest
Notes:   Hendy Pl.21 #11
    Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Imitation - Probably not Isaac II Angelus
octagonal clip, Group B
Reference:   Hesp 1984 p249 #557
    cf. DOC IV.1, p. 390, 5; cf. Hendy, p. 145, pl. 21, 10-11; cf. Edwards, no 155; cf. BMC, p. 597, type 3
Published:   Hesperia 1984, p. 249, 557
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Fisher, Hesperia 53:2, 1984
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