Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Coin | |
Name: | 1993 124 | |
Title: | Byzantine Copper/Bronze Tetarteron of Alexius I, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1092 - AD 1118) | |
Year: | 1993 | |
Coin Number: | 124 | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Material: | AE | |
Denomination: | Tetarteron | |
Mint: | Thessalonika | |
Authority: | Alexius I | |
Obverse Legend: | C- | |
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: | Emperor bust, wearing stemma, divitision, and jeweled loros of traditional type, in r. hand, scepter cruciger, in l., globus cruciger | |
Axis Clock: | 6 | |
Weight Description: | 1.73 | |
Weight: | 1.73 | |
Diameter: | 17x15 | |
Chronology: | AD 1092 - AD 1118 | |
Context: | NB858 B37 P73 | |
Findspot Description: | Temple E, Southeast; 782X; Fill Excavation Date: 5/14/1993 Notebook: 858 p. 73 Basket: 37, NB858 B37 P73, . | |
Elevation: | 86.81 | |
Area: | Temple E, Southeast | |
Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Negatives: 93-18-21,22 Oval flan Obverse type: an 'X' over cross | |
Reference: | DOC IV p. 237, 40a.4; Hendy p. 88, Third Coinage, Plate 8.10-12 | |
Published: | Hesperia 1994, p. 48 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Williams & Zervos, Hesperia 63:1, 1994 Image: digital 2010 2327 Image: digital 2010 2328 Image: digital 2010 2329 |