Corinth Coin: T 1929 1381
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   T 1929 1381
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Tetarteron of Alexius I, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
Year:   1929
Coin Number:   1381
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
Reverse Legend:   []D
Reverse Type:   Emperor bust, wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys, in r. hand, scepter cruciger, in l., globus cruciger
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   4.95
Weight:   4.95
Diameter:   22
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Findspot Description:   Theater, East Section; K-L 8; Rectangular Room; __.2m
Excavation Date: 3/28/1929
Notebook: 322 p. 833, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Negatives: 04-29-11,12
Reference:   DOC IV p. 235, 38.3-4; Hendy p. 88, First coinage, Plates 8.7-8
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Images (5)