Corinth Coin: T 1928 2928
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   T 1928 2928
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Coin of Alexius I (1092 - 1118), Thessalonika Mint (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
Year:   1928
Coin Number:   2928
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Mint:   Thessalonika
Authority:   Alexius I (1092 - 1118)
Obverse Legend:    A - A / K - F
Obverse Type:   Patriarchal cross on two steps; letters in angles
Reverse Legend:    [LLC JI ]
Reverse Type:   Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, and jeweled loros of traditional type; holds in r. hand jeweled scepter, and in l., gl. cr.
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   1.795
Weight:   1.795
Diameter:   14.5
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Findspot Description:   Theater, Theater Street, Tracks and Dump
Excavation Date: 5/28/1928
Notebook 322, p. 709, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
cut down
Reference:   DOC IV.1, p. 240, 45a.1 ff.; Hendy, p. 89, pl. 8, 13-15; Grierson, p. 374, 1063
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 2428
Image: digital 2010 2429
Image: digital 2010 2430