Corinth Coin: 23
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   23
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Imitative Coin of Alexius I (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
Coin Number:   23
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Authority:   Alexius I
Comments:   (1092 - 1118), post reform - Imitative Series
Obverse Legend:    [C - F] / M - D
Obverse Type:   Jeweled, radiate cross with square arms, decorated at end of each limb with one large globule and two smaller; letters in angles
Reverse Legend:    [TVKO MN]
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
Axis Clock:   11
Weight Description:   1.345
Weight:   1.345
Diameter:   19
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Findspot Description:   Shear Apotheke, No. Prov., .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Imitation
Reference:   DOC IV.1, p. 236, 40a.1 ff.; Hendy, p. 88, pl. 8, 10-12
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 2569
Image: digital 2010 2570
Image: digital 2010 2571