Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Coin | |
Name: | T 1926 981 | |
Title: | Byzantine Copper/Bronze Half Tetarteron of Alexius I (1092 - 1118), Thessalonika Mint (AD 1092 - AD 1118) | |
Year: | 1926 | |
Coin Number: | 981 | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Material: | AE | |
Denomination: | Half Tetarteron | |
Mint: | Thessalonika | |
Authority: | Alexius I (1092 - 1118) | |
Obverse Legend: | In field, IC - X[C] | |
Obverse Type: | Full-length figure of Christ, [bearded] and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; [holds Gospels in l. hand] | |
Reverse Legend: | [ | |
Reverse Type: | Full-length figure of emperor [wearing stemma, divitision, and jeweled loros of simplified type]; holding labarum on long shaft in r. hand, and in l., globus cruciger | |
Axis Clock: | 6 | |
Weight Description: | 3.31 | |
Weight: | 3.31 | |
Diameter: | 20 | |
Chronology: | AD 1092 - AD 1118 | |
Findspot Description: | Theater, East Cavea VII, ca. 4.0 m above orchestra Excavation Date: 5/14/1926 Notebook, . | |
Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. | |
Reference: | DOC IV.1, p. 239, 43; Hendy, p. 89, pl. 8, 16; Grierson, p. 374, 1059 | |
Published: | Hesperia 1987, p. 145, 677 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: MacIsaac, Hesperia 56:2, 1987 Images (4) |