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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Coin | |
| Name: | 1991 31 | |
| Title: | Coin | |
| Byzantine Copper/Bronze Imitative Tetarteron of Alexius I (AD 1092 - AD 1118) | ||
| Year: | 1991 | |
| Coin Number: | 31 | |
| Period: | Byzantine | |
| Material: | AE | |
| Denomination: | Tetarteron | |
| Authority: | Alexius I | |
| Comments: | (1092 - 1118), post reform - Imitative Series | |
| 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: | ||
| Reverse Type: | Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, and jeweled loros of traditional type; holds in r. hand scepter cruciger, and in l. globus cruciger | |
| Weight Description: | 4.52 | |
| Weight: | 4.52 | |
| Diameter: | 21 | |
| Chronology: | AD 1092 - AD 1118 | |
| Context: | NB834 B60 P88 | |
| Findspot Description: | NB834 B60 P88, . | |
| TEM SE, Grid 79:D; possibly destruction debris Excavation Date: 4/24/1991 Notebook 834, Basket 60, . | ||
| Elevation: | 85.897 | |
| Area: | Temple E, Southeast | |
| Notes: | Record generated from NB catalogue. | |
| Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Imitation Extra crude workmanship; bad strike Double struck obverse? | ||
| Reference: | DOC IV.1, p. 236, 40a.1 ff.; Hendy, p. 88, pl. 8, 10-12 | |
| Published: | Hesperia 1992, p. 184, 20 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Williams & Zervos, Hesperia 61:2, 1992 Image: digital 2010 2461 Image: digital 2010 2462 Image: digital 2010 2463 |
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