Corinth Coin: 1940 3
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1940 3
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Follis, Trebizond Mint (AD 1000 - AD 1200)
Year:   1940
Coin Number:   3
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Follis
Mint:   Trebizond
Obverse Legend:   X - X / X - X
Obverse Type:   Patriarchal cross on two steps; letters in angles
Reverse Legend:   E - E / E -E
Reverse Type:   Patriarchal cross on two steps; letters in angles
Under Type:   overstruck
Weight Description:   2.8
Weight:   2.8
Diameter:   24.5
Chronology:   AD 1000 - AD 1200
Findspot Description:   New Museum E.
Excavation Date: 4/8/1940, #41-47
Notebook 186, p. 95, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Trebizond Follis, Type X over Type IX
Another example: 129-1942a, X overstruck on IX
Reference:   DOC IV.1, p. 431; Edwards, 172; cf. Gr. 1011
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 3514
Image: digital 2010 3515
Image: digital 2010 3516