Corinth Coin: 1929 1928
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1929 1928
Title:   Byzantine Billon Coin of Theodore Comnenus-Ducas, 1224-1230, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1224 - AD 1230)
Year:   1929
Coin Number:   1928
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   Bi
Mint:   Thessalonika
Authority:   Theodore Comnenus-Ducas, 1224-1230
Obverse Legend:    IC / [OE] / MM / A – X[C / NOV] (in ligature) / HL
Obverse Type:   Bust of Christ Emmanuel, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds scroll in l. hand, cross with pellets in angles in each limb of nimbus cross
Reverse Legend:    [UEODVROC]D OV (in ligature)K OLGIOC DIMITR
Reverse Type:   Full-length figure of emperor on l. and St. Demetrius on r., holding between them cross within circle, surmounting triangular decoration on long shaft. Saint wears military dress, holding shield in l. hand
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   3.27
Weight:   3.27
Diameter:   28
Chronology:   AD 1224 - AD 1230
Findspot Description:   North Market (remote excavation track in front of W. NW. area of shops)
Excavation Date: 12/23/1929
Notebook 105, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
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Sabatier p. 298, 11 assigns to Theodore III of Nicaea
Card #1928
Reference:   DOC IV.2, p. 553, 4; Hendy, p. 269, pl. 37, 7-9; BMC, p. 194, 3, pl. 27, 3
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Images (4)