Corinth Coin: 1928 819
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1928 819
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Imitative Trachy of Manuel I (AD 1180)
Year:   1928
Coin Number:   819
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Trachy
Authority:   Manuel I
Comments:   Type A, Imitative Series
Obverse Legend:   M, [L], D, [K]
Obverse Type:   Monogram (peudent P)
Reverse Legend:   no inscription
Reverse Type:   Bust of emperor, beardless, wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and panelled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, and in l. globus cruciger
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   0.97
Weight:   0.97
Diameter:   17
Chronology:   AD 1180
Findspot Description:   Cathedral near Ceuchraean Gate
Excavation Date: 6/29/1928
Notebook 99, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Imitation
Obverse: this is unique in its technique - wavy line and elaborate ends
Card #123
Reference:   cf. DOC IV.1, p. 335, 22; cf. Hendy, p.121, pl. 18, 1-2; BMC, p. 580, type 7
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 0898
Image: digital 2010 0899
Image: digital 2010 0900