Corinth Coin: 1993 226
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1993 226
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Half Tetarteron of Manuel I, 1143-1180 - Type A, Uncertain Greek Mint (AD 1143 - AD 1180)
    Coin
Year:   1993
Coin Number:   226
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Half Tetarteron
Mint:   Uncertain Greek
Authority:   Manuel I, 1143-1180 - Type A
Obverse Legend:   M, L, D, K
Obverse Type:   Monogram (peudent P)
Reverse Legend:   no inscription
Reverse Type:   Bust of emperor, beardless, wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and panelled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, and in l. globus cruciger
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   1.99
Weight:   1.99
Diameter:   12
Chronology:   AD 1143 - AD 1180
Context:   NB862 B45 P66
Findspot Description:   Temple E SE Trench and Sieve, floor
Excavation Date: 6/17/1993
Notebook 862, p. 66, Basket 45, .
    NB862 B45 P66, .
Area:   Temple E, Southeast
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Seer. Marks: Pellet inside L
    Record generated from NB catalogue.
Reference:   DOCIV.1, p. 335, 22; Hendy, p.121, pl. 18, 1-2
Published:   Hesperia 1994, p. 49
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Williams & Zervos, Hesperia 63:1, 1994
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