Corinth Coin: 1937 121
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1937 121
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Imitative Coin of Alexius I (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
Year:   1937
Coin Number:   121
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Authority:   Alexius I
Comments:   (1092 - 1118), post reform - Imitative Series
Obverse Legend:    F - C / M - D
Obverse Type:   Jeweled, radiate cross; letters in angles
Reverse Legend:   no inscription
Reverse Type:   Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, and jeweled loros of traditional type; holds in r. hand scepter cruciger, and in l. globus cruciger
Axis Clock:   2
Weight Description:   1.125
Weight:   1.125
Diameter:   15
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Findspot Description:   Agora S.C.
Excavation Date: 12/7/1937, #611-630
Notebook 174, p. 130, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Imitation
Reference:   DOC IV.1, p. 236, 40a.1 ff.; Hendy, p. 88, pl. 8, 10-12
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 2544
Image: digital 2010 2545
Image: digital 2010 2546