Corinth Coin: 1936 1727
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1936 1727
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Half Tetarteron of John II, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1118 - AD 1143)
Year:   1936
Coin Number:   1727
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/RI/[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:   +IVD[CC]-[]
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:   5
Weight Description:   2.36
Weight:   2.36
Diameter:   19
Chronology:   AD 1118 - AD 1143
Findspot Description:   Agora S.C.
Excavation Date: 5/16/1936, #1-6
Notebook: 159 p. 290, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Type B
Corinth Coins no. 138
Clipped
Card 721
Reference:   DOC IV p. 272, 17; Hendy p. 107, plates 11.15
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 0588
Image: digital 2010 0589
Image: digital 2010 0590