Corinth Coin: 1993 264
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1993 264
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Half-Follis of Maurice Tiberius, Cyzicus Mint (AD 591 - AD 592)
Year:   1993
Coin Number:   264
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   half-follis
Mint:   Cyzicus
Authority:   Maurice Tiberius
Obverse Legend:   [--]NM AV? P?
Obverse Type:   Bust facing, pl.helmet, gl.-cr in r.hand.
Reverse Type:   K, ANNO X
Symbol:   rev.: cross above letter, B below
Axis Clock:   7
Weight Description:   5.06
Weight:   5.06
Diameter:   22x18
Chronology:   AD 591 - AD 592
Context:   NB863 B38 P44
Findspot Description:   Temple E, SE; Unit 2, immed. N. of church, Room 7, cleaning off clay skin from floor; from sieve; Elev 85.178 to 85.056; LOT 93-48
Excavation Date: 06/28/1993
Notebook 863, p.44, Basket 38, NB863 B38 P44, .
Area:   Temple E, Southeast
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Mint=Cyzicus (by W. Hahn; letter, 30.VII.93)
Reference:   cf. Bates 1623 (=Constantinople); prob. DOC I, p.335, 142
Published:   Hesperia 1994, p. 47, 30
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Williams & Zervos, Hesperia 63:1, 1994
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