Corinth Coin: 1990 267
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:   +L-C
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
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