Corinth Coin: 1936 1748
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1936 1748
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Follis of Alexius I, Eastern ? Mint (AD 1081 - AD 1092)
Year:   1936
Coin Number:   1748
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Follis
Mint:   Eastern ?
Authority:   Alexius I
Obverse Legend:   IC-XC/NI-KL
Obverse Type:   Cross on steps with letters in angles; border of dots
Reverse Legend:   CERCVN/ERGEIBL/CILEILL/E?IV
Reverse Type:   Four line inscription; above - +; border of dots
Axis Clock:   12
Weight Description:   5.07
Weight:   5.07
Diameter:   28
Chronology:   AD 1081 - AD 1092
Findspot Description:   South Stoa M
10/19/1936, 1-2
Notebook:152, p. 153, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Hendy p. 76 also suggests Thessalonica as a mint for this type.
Not restruck.
Reference:   Hendy p. 76, Eastern Mint? /Thessalonica?, Plate 3:3; BMC p. 553, type 11
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 2211
Image: digital 2010 2212
Image: digital 2010 2213
Notebook Page: NB 153, spread 8 (p. 1)