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, | |
Obverse Type: | St. Demetrius bust, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic, breastplate, and sagion, holds in r. hand sword, and in l. shield | |
Reverse Legend: | ||
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 |