Corinth Coin: 1937 187
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1937 187
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Trachy of Alexius I, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
Year:   1937
Coin Number:   187
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Trachy
Mint:   Thessalonika
Authority:   Alexius I
Obverse Legend:   [IC-XC]
Obverse Type:   Christ seated on throne, nimbate
Reverse Legend:    +LLEJIV [...]
Reverse Type:   Emperor, standing facing, crowned by Virgin standing on r., wears crown with cross, jewelled loros and mantle, in l. hand globus cruciger, r. pressed against chest; Virgin nimbate wears tunic and maphorion, l. hand in benediction; in field above M
Symbol:   Rev.: in field, M
Axis Clock:   5
Weight Description:   4.21
Weight:   4.21
Diameter:   27
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Findspot Description:   Agora N.C.
10/9/1937, #68-75
Notebook:171, p. 68, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Skyphate
Very scarce.
Reference:   Grierson 1054 (var. D); cf. BMC II, p. 550, 1; John II, Type 2
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece