Corinth Coin: 1926 773
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1926 773
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Imitative Coin of Alexius I (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
    Coin
Year:   1926
Coin Number:   773
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Authority:   Alexius I
Comments:   (1092 - 1118), post reform - Imitative Series
Obverse Legend:    [ ] - F / M - L
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:   In field, +
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:   3
Weight Description:   1.33
Weight:   1.33
Diameter:   18.5
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Findspot Description:   North of Temple
Excavation Date: 1926, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Imitation
    Record generated from NB catalogue.
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 2575
Image: digital 2010 2576
Image: digital 2010 2577
Notebook Page: NB 549, spread 72 (pp. 134 - 135)