Corinth Coin: 1937 62
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1937 62
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Imitative Coin, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1204)
Year:   1937
Coin Number:   62
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Mint:   Thessalonika
Comments:   Imitative
Obverse Legend:   IC – XC in field
Obverse Type:   Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne without back; r. hand raised in benediction, l. hand raised, holding Gospels.
Reverse Legend:   HL[GI]LEL[ENE OA(in ligature)]KON(retrograde)LN[T]
Reverse Type:   Full-length figures of Saints Helena (l.) and Constantine (r.), holding between them patriarchal cross on long shaft and step. St. Helena holds jeweled scepter, Constantine scepter cruciger
Weight Description:   4.16
Weight:   4.16
Diameter:   24
Chronology:   AD 1204
Findspot Description:   So. Stoa W.
Excavation Date: 9/20/1937, 18-44
Notebook 170, p. 46, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
skyphate. Latin Imitative, Type C
Reference:   Hendy, p. 197, pl. 28, 9-10
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 1449
Image: digital 2010 1450
Image: digital 2010 1451