Corinth Coin: 1970 281
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1970 281
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Tetarterion of Alexius I Comnenus, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
    Coin
Year:   1970
Coin Number:   281
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Tetarterion
Mint:   Thessalonika
Authority:   Alexius I Comnenus
Obverse Legend:   In field, IC - XC
Obverse Type:   Full-length figure of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds Gospels in l. hand
Reverse Legend:   +LLE [JIVDEC] or variant
Reverse Type:   Full-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, jeweled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, and in l. globus cruciger
Axis Clock:   12
Weight Description:   5.288
Weight:   5.288
Diameter:   15
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Context:   NB488 B19 P31
Findspot Description:   Gymnasium, FL 6
Excavation Date: 7/21/1970
Notebook 488, p. 31, Basket 19, .
    NB488 B19 P31, .
Area:   Gymnasium
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
    Record generated from NB catalogue.
Reference:   DOC IV.1, p. 239, no. 43; Hendy, pl. 8, 16, p. 89 Type E, post-reform
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Images (5)