Corinth Coin: 2013 239
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   2013 239
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Tetarteron of Alexius I post reform, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
Year:   2013
Coin Number:   239
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   tetarteron
Mint:   Thessalonika
Authority:   Alexius I post reform
Region:   Thessalonika
Provenance Region:   Thessalonika
Obverse Type:   Christ bust, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, holding gospel open in l. hand, Pellet in each limb of nimbus cross [I]C-[XC]
Reverse Type:   Emperor bust, wearing stemma, divitsion, and chalmys, in r. hand scepter cruciger, in l. globus cruciger [+L]
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   2.537
Weight:   2.537
Diameter:   17
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Context:   Nezi Field, context 452
Findspot Description:   Nezi Field, context 452, .
Area:   Nezi Field
Notes:   1967-887
Reference:   DOC IV p. 235, 38, 3-4; Hendy 1969 p. 88, first coinage pl. 8 7-8
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Basket: Nezi Field, context 452