Corinth Coin: 1936 1716
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1936 1716
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Tetarteron of Alexius I, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
Year:   1936
Coin Number:   1716
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Tetarteron
Mint:   Thessalonika
Authority:   Alexius I
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:   []-M[]
Reverse Type:   Emperor bust, wearing stemma, divitision, and jeweled loros of traditional type, in r. hand, scepter cruciger, in l., globus cruciger
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   3.69
Weight:   3.69
Diameter:   19
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Findspot Description:   Agora S.C.
Excavation Date: 5/8/1936, #4-8
Notebook: 159 p. 258, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Fabric
Another very ob- long: 1976-103 (3.32 grams)
Another example: 1965-563 (1.78 grams)
Reference:   DOC IV p. 237, 40a.4; Hendy p. 88, Third Coinage, Plate 8.10
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 2312
Image: digital 2010 2313
Image: digital 2010 2314