Corinth Coin: 1947 49
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1947 49
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Half-Follis of Tiberius II, Thessalonika Mint (AD 579)
Year:   1947
Coin Number:   49
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   half-follis
Mint:   Thessalonika
Authority:   Tiberius II
Obverse Legend:   DM TIb CONS-[--]
Obverse Type:   Tiberius and Anastasia, nimbate, crowned, enthroned, facing; Tiberius holds gl.-cr in r.hand; Anastasia holds scepter in r.hand; cross above and between.
Reverse Type:   K, [AN]NO <5>?
Symbol:   rev.: in ex. TES
Axis Clock:   7
Diameter:   22
Chronology:   AD 579
Findspot Description:   S.E. Building; from B-C: 22-24, softer fill, +0.30 to 0
Excavation Date: 03/05/1947, #2
Notebook 191 (Weinberg), p.144, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Reference:   BMC, 60, p.112; DOC I, p.277, 23
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 0100
Image: digital 2010 0101
Image: digital 2010 0102