Corinth Coin: 1936 1694
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1936 1694
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Half Tetarteron of John II, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1118 - AD 1143)
Year:   1936
Coin Number:   1694
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Half Tetarteron
Mint:   Thessalonika
Authority:   John II
Obverse Legend:   To l. of Demetrius, O/DH/MI; to r. of Demetrius, T/R[I/OC]
Obverse Type:   St. Demetrius bust, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic, breastplate, and sagion, holds in r. hand sword, and in l. shield
Reverse Legend:   +IV-DEC
Reverse Type:   Emperor bust, wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and paneled loros of simplified type, holds in r. hand labarum-headed scepter on long shaft, in l., globus crucigus
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   2.36
Weight:   2.36
Diameter:   16
Chronology:   AD 1118 - AD 1143
Findspot Description:   Agora S.C.
Excavation Date: 4/4/1936, #3
Notebook: 158 p. 136, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Study Collection
Type B
Clipped
Card 720
Corinth coins no. 138 (also preceding coin-2)
Another example: 1925-45 (from school storeroom)
Reference:   DOC IV p. 272, 17; Hendy p. 107, plates 11.15-17
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 0591
Image: digital 2010 0592
Image: digital 2010 0593