Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Coin | |
Name: | 1926 769 | |
Title: | Byzantine Copper/Bronze Imitative Coin of Alexius I (AD 1092 - AD 1118) | |
Year: | 1926 | |
Coin Number: | 769 | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Material: | AE | |
Authority: | Alexius I | |
Comments: | (1092 - 1118), post reform - Imitative Series | |
Obverse Legend: | C - [ ] | |
Obverse Type: | Bust of Christ, facing; nimbate with pellets in links of cross; r. hand raised in benediction, and l. hand holds Gospels | |
Reverse Legend: | ||
Reverse Type: | Jeweled, radiate cross, decorated at end of each limb with one large globule and two smaller, all on two steps; letters in angles | |
Axis Clock: | 6 | |
Weight Description: | 3.95 | |
Weight: | 3.95 | |
Diameter: | 20 | |
Chronology: | AD 1092 - AD 1118 | |
Findspot Description: | Lechaion Road Excavation Date: 6/14/1926 Notebook 90, . | |
Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. "mule"/Hybrid: between Edwards 119 and 122 / Hendy 7-8 and 10-12 Another Example: 69-213 BMC note: with obverse and reverse of type 3(p. 548), Barbarous imitation | |
Reference: | Edwards, p. 142, 119 and 122; BMC, p. 551; Hendy, p. 88, pl. 7-8 and pl. 10-12 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Image: digital 2010 2464 Image: digital 2010 2465 Image: digital 2010 2466 |