Corinth Coin: 1928 588
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1928 588
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Imitative Tetarteron of Alexius I, Corinth? Mint (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
Year:   1928
Coin Number:   588
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Tetarteron
Mint:   Corinth?
Authority:   Alexius I
Comments:   (1092 - 1118), post reform - Imitative Series
Obverse Legend:    [C] - F / [M] - D
Obverse Type:   Jeweled, radiate cross, decorated at end of each limb with one large globule and two smaller, all on two steps; letters in angles
Reverse Legend:   D - [ ]
Reverse Type:   Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, and jeweled loros of traditional type; holds in r. hand scepter cruciger, and in l. globus cruciger
Axis Clock:   12
Weight Description:   2.69
Weight:   2.69
Diameter:   18.5
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Findspot Description:   Theater, NW Part of Stage
Excavation Date: 4/3/1928
Notebook 320, p. 505, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Imitation
Reference:   DOC IV.1, p. 236, 40a.1 ff.; Hendy, pl. 8, 10-12;
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece