Corinth Coin: 1967 887
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1967 887
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Tetarteron of Alexius I, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
Year:   1967
Coin Number:   887
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Tetarteron
Mint:   Thessalonika
Authority:   Alexius I
Obverse Legend:   IC-XC
Obverse Type:   Christ bust, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, holds Gospels (open) in l. hand; Pellet in each limb of nimbus cross
Reverse Legend:   +L
Reverse Type:   Emperor bust, wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys, in r. hand, scepter cruciger, in l., globus cruciger
Axis Clock:   5
Weight Description:   3.35
Weight:   3.35
Diameter:   18
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Findspot Description:   Gym; West Waterworks (cleaning/brush above water channel #1); Surface
Excavation Date: 7/3/1967
Notebook: 352 p. 97, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Negatives: 69-141-22,23
Clipped hexagonally
Reference:   DOC IV p. 235, 38.3-4; Hendy p. 88, First coinage, Plates 8.7-8
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 2249
Image: digital 2010 2250
Image: digital 2010 2251