Corinth Coin: 1978 61
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1978 61
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Half Tetart. of Manuel I, 1143-1180 - Type A, Uncertain Greek Mint (AD 1143 - AD 1180)
Year:   1978
Coin Number:   61
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Half tetart.
Mint:   Uncertain Greek
Authority:   Manuel I, 1143-1180 - Type A
Obverse Legend:   M, L, [D], K
Obverse Type:   Monogram (peudent P)
Reverse Legend:   no inscription
Reverse Type:   Bust of emperor, beardless, wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and panelled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, and in l. globus cruciger
Axis Clock:   11
Weight Description:   1.27
Weight:   1.27
Diameter:   15
Chronology:   AD 1143 - AD 1180
Context:   NB668 P79
    NB668 B66 P79
Findspot Description:   Forum Southwest; 59/60:ZY/ZZ; Clearing of baulk without basket
Excavation date: 4/18/1978
Notebook 668 p.79, NB668 P79, .
Forum Southwest; 59/60:ZY/ZZ; Clearing of baulk without basket
Excavation date: 4/18/1978
Notebook 668 p.79, NB668 B66 P79, .
Area:   Forum southwest
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
clipped
Monogram Variant - additional L below M
Reference:   DOCIV.1, p. 335, 22; Hendy, p.121, pl. 18, 1-2
Published:   Hesperia 1986, p. 201, 218
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Zervos, Hesperia 55:2, 1986
Image: digital 2010 0681
Image: digital 2010 0682
Image: digital 2010 0683