Corinth Coin: T 1929 329
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   T 1929 329
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Coin, Trebizond Mint (AD 1080 - AD 1140)
Year:   1929
Coin Number:   329
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Mint:   Trebizond
Obverse Legend:   In field, IC - XC
Obverse Type:   Bust of Christ, behind head, cross
Reverse Type:   Cross, with letters A, L, B, R at ends and wedges in angles
Axis Clock:   12
Weight Description:   2.12
Weight:   2.12
Diameter:   25
Chronology:   AD 1080 - AD 1140
Findspot Description:   Theater, West Parados, East Trench 1.50 m+/-
Excavation Date: 5/7/1929
Notebook 323, p. 87, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Almost certainly Trapazuntine
Obverse is closts to Bendall 8, reverse letter, Typology to 13a-b
Bendall gives, "Cross, with letters A, L, D, R at ends and wedges in angles"; cf. Grierson 1003
Reference:   DOC IV.1, p. 429; cf. Grierson 1003
Published:   S. Bendall, Num. Circ. (1981), p. 237, 2
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 3453
Image: digital 2010 3454
Image: digital 2010 3455