Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Coin | |
Name: | 1963 198 | |
Title: | Byzantine Copper/Bronze Half Tetarteron of Alexius III Angelus-Comnenus, 1195-1203 - Type A, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1195 - AD 1203) | |
Byzantine Httr of AlexiusIII AnG-ComnE, Thessalonica Mint | ||
Year: | 1963 | |
Coin Number: | 198 | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Material: | AE | |
Denomination: | Half Tetarteron | |
httr | ||
Mint: | Thessalonika | |
Thessalonica | ||
Authority: | Alexius III Angelus-Comnenus, 1195-1203 - Type A | |
AlexiusIII AnG-ComnE | ||
Comments: | type I | |
Obverse Legend: | ||
Obverse Type: | Bust of St. George, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic, breastplate, and sagion; holds in r. hand spear; and in l., scroll or hilt of sword | |
Reverse Legend: | ||
A…EZ E‡†O | ||
Reverse Type: | Full length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, and in l. gl. cr. Manus Dei in upper r. field | |
Emp facg w laberum & glb cs... | ||
Axis Clock: | 6 | |
0 | ||
Weight Description: | 1.865 | |
Weight: | 1.865 | |
Diameter: | 17 | |
Chronology: | AD 1195 - AD 1203 | |
Context: | NB264 B12 P54 | |
Findspot Description: | Agora SW-H, Room 3, undisturbed fill, no. of wall 37 Excavation Date: 6/10/1963, #6 Basket 12 Notebook 264, p. 54, . | |
Forum Southwest, NB264 B12 P54, rm 3, . | ||
Area: | Forum southwest | |
Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Spear sits over right shoulder and not left as per usual. | |
Reference: | DOCIV.1, p. 418, no. 7; cf. Hendy p. 152, pl. 23, 11-12, type I | |
Hendy 23,11-12 & p152 type I | ||
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Image: digital 2010 0868 Image: digital 2010 0869 Image: digital 2010 0870 |