Corinth Coin: 1937 5
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1937 5
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Half Tetarteron of Manuel I, 1143-1180 - Type A, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1143 - AD 1180)
Year:   1937
Coin Number:   5
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Half Tetarteron
Mint:   Thessalonika
Authority:   Manuel I, 1143-1180 - Type A
Obverse Legend:   M, L, D, K
Obverse Type:   Monogram (centered P)
Reverse Legend:   no inscription
Reverse Type:   Bust of emperor, beardless, wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece and panelled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, and in l. globus cruciger
Axis Clock:   12
Weight Description:   0.88
Weight:   0.88
Diameter:   13
Chronology:   AD 1143 - AD 1180
Context:   NB168 P133
Findspot Description:   St. John's So. I, Hoard, #62
Excavation Date: 2/9/1937
Notebook 169, p. 282, NB168 P133, .
Area:   Forum northeast
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Same obverse die = 94-51
Card #70
Reference:   DOC IV.1, p. 333, 20; Hendy, p.121, pl. 17, 17-18
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Images (4)
Basket: NB168 P133