Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Coin | |
Name: | 1990 267 | |
Title: | Byzantine Copper/Bronze Tetarteron of Alexius I, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1092 - AD 1118) | |
Year: | 1990 | |
Coin Number: | 267 | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Material: | AE | |
Denomination: | Tetarteron | |
Mint: | Thessalonika | |
Authority: | Alexius I | |
Obverse Legend: | IC-XC | |
Obverse Type: | Christ bust, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, holds Gospels (open) in l. hand; Pellet in each limb of nimbus cross | |
Reverse Legend: | + | |
Reverse Type: | Emperor bust, wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys, in r. hand, scepter cruciger, in l., globus cruciger | |
Axis Clock: | 5 | |
Weight Description: | 2.72 | |
Weight: | 2.72 | |
Diameter: | 17 | |
Chronology: | AD 1092 - AD 1118 | |
Findspot Description: | Temple E/SE; 77:C; No elevation, in sieve Excavation Date: 5/29/1990 Notebook: 832 p. 63 Basket: 57, . | |
Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Negatives: 04-29-19,20 Clipped hexagonally L90-44 Another example with globus higher: 1982-200 Another example clipped polygonal: 1967-887 Another example (3.02 grams): T1929-3925 | |
Reference: | DOC IV p. 235, 38.3-4; Hendy p. 88, First Coinage, Plates 8.7-8 | |
Published: | Hesperia 1991, p. 50, 71 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Williams & Zervos, Hesperia 60:1, 1991 Images (5) |