Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Coin | |
Name: | 1977 344 | |
Title: | Byzantine Electrum Coin of Manuel I, Uncertain Greek Mint (AD 1143 - AD 1180) | |
Byzantine Copper/Bronze Imitative Half Tetarteron of Manuel I, Uncertain Greek Mint (AD 1143 - AD 1180) | ||
Year: | 1977 | |
Coin Number: | 344 | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Material: | El | |
AE | ||
Denomination: | Half Tetarteron | |
Mint: | Uncertain Greek | |
Authority: | Manuel I | |
Comments: | A | |
Type B, Imitative Series | ||
Obverse Legend: | O âEOP[âIOS] | |
Obverse Type: | St George bust facg w spear & shield | |
Bust of St. George, beardless and nimabte, wearing tunic, breastplate, and sagion; holds in r. hand spear, and in l. shield | ||
Reverse Legend: | MA üE | |
Reverse Type: | Emp bust beardin stemma w lab-sc gl-cr | |
Bust of emperor, bearded, wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and jeweled loros of simplified type; [holds in r. hand labarum-headed scepter, and in l., globus cruciger] | ||
Axis Clock: | H | |
6 | ||
Weight Description: | 1.245 | |
Weight: | 1.245 | |
Diameter: | 16 | |
Chronology: | AD 1143 - AD 1180 | |
Context: | NB664 P664 | |
NB664 B125 P148 | ||
Findspot Description: | Forum Southwest, NB664 P664 NB664 B125 P148, . | |
Forum SW LL63, No basket-dump, weak road Excavation Date: 5/5/1977 Notebook 664, . | ||
Area: | Forum southwest | |
Notes: | endy Pl.18 #3-4, p121-2 H | |
Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Imitation - Counterfeit good condition | ||
Reference: | esp 1984 p248 #553 | |
DOC IV.1, p. 337, 23; Hendy, p. 121-122, pl. 18, 3-4; BMC, p. 579, type 6 | ||
Published: | Hesperia 1984, p. 248, 553 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Fisher, Hesperia 53:2, 1984 Image: digital 2010 0768 Image: digital 2010 0769 Image: digital 2010 0770 |