Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Coin | |
Name: | 1963 451 | |
Title: | Byzantine Httr of Alexius I postreform, Thessalonica Mint | |
Byzantine Copper/Bronze Imitative Probably Half Tetarteron Or Light Standard of Alexius I (AD 1092 - AD 1118) | ||
Year: | 1963 | |
Coin Number: | 451 | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Material: | AE | |
Denomination: | httr | |
Probably Half tetarteron or light standard | ||
Mint: | Thessalonica | |
Authority: | Alexius I postreform | |
Alexius I | ||
Comments: | 3rd coinge | |
(1092 - 1118), post reform - Imitative Series, 3rd Coinage | ||
Obverse Legend: | ||
Obverse Type: | Jeweled, radiate cross, decorated at end of each limb with one large globule and two smaller, all on two steps; letters in angles | |
Reverse Legend: | T‰K | |
Reverse Type: | Emp bust facg w glb-cr + sc-cr | |
Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, and jeweled loros of traditional type; holds in r. hand scepter cruciger, and in l. globus cruciger | ||
Under Type: | overstruck | |
Axis Clock: | 0 | |
7 | ||
Weight Description: | 2.05 | |
Weight: | 2.05 | |
Diameter: | 19.5 | |
Chronology: | AD 1092 - AD 1118 | |
Context: | NB245 P153 | |
Findspot Description: | Oakley S, NB245 P153, . | |
Oakley So. Excavation Date: 4/22/1963, #7 Notebook 245, p. 153, . | ||
Area: | Oakley south | |
Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Imitation of 3rd Coinage | |
Reference: | Hendy pl 8,10-12 cf | |
DOC IV.1, p. 236, 40a.1 ff.; Hendy, pl. 8, 10-12; | ||
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Images (5) Basket: NB245 P153 |