Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Coin | |
Name: | 1937 67 | |
Title: | Byzantine Billon Coin of Manuel Comnenus-Ducas, 1230-1237, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1230 - AD 1237) | |
Year: | 1937 | |
Coin Number: | 67 | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Material: | Bi | |
Mint: | Thessalonika | |
Authority: | Manuel Comnenus-Ducas, 1230-1237 | |
Obverse Legend: | ||
Obverse Type: | Half-length figure of archangel Michael nimbate, wearing short military tunic, breastplate and sagion; holds in r. hand sword, which he is in the act of unsheathing; sheath held horizontally in l. hand | |
Reverse Legend: | ||
Reverse Type: | Emperor and St. Demetrius enthroned on the r. holding city of Thessalonica as walled town with three towers between them. Ruler holds labarum-headed scepter in r. hand. Saint holds sword in l. hand, resting over shoulder. | |
Axis Clock: | 6 | |
Diameter: | 27 | |
Chronology: | AD 1230 - AD 1237 | |
Findspot Description: | So. Stoa W. Excavation Date: 9/23/1937, #16-19 Notebook 170, p. 60, . | |
Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Type G Skyphate | |
Reference: | DOC IV.2, p. 576, 9; Hendy, p. 277, pl. 39, 10-11, Type G; Edwards, p.148, 162 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Image: digital 2010 1364 Image: digital 2010 1365 Image: digital 2010 1366 |