Corinth Coin: 1993 239
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1993 239
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Follis of Anonymous Series E, Constantinople Mint (AD 1060)
Year:   1993
Coin Number:   239
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Follis
Mint:   Constantinople
Authority:   Anonymous Series E
Obverse Legend:   No inscription; [IC-XC].
Obverse Type:   Christ bust, facing, cr.-nimbus [w. single pellet in upright & 2 pellets in lateral arms; r.hand raised in blessing within sling; l.hand holds book.]
Reverse Legend:   [IS XS] / [bAS[IL[E] / bASIL’
Reverse Type:   3-line inscription; w. [cross flanked by lozenges above], crescent flanked by lozenges below.
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   2.44
Weight:   2.44
Diameter:   22x15
Chronology:   AD 1060
Context:   NB863 B21 P27
Findspot Description:   Temple E, SE; south side of paved court, in fill of robbed E-W wall that forms south limit of paved court.
Excavation Date: 06/23/1993
Notebook 863, p.27, Basket 21, NB863 B21 P27, .
Area:   Temple E, Southeast
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. DOC: dated ca. 1060.
Cut-down, and broken.
Reference:   DOC III, p.688.
Published:   Hesperia 1994, p. 48, 40
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Williams & Zervos, Hesperia 63:1, 1994
Image: digital 2010 3570
Image: digital 2010 3571
Image: digital 2010 3572