Corinth Coin: 1925 214
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1925 214
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Follis of Basil I, Constantine, & Leo, Constantinople Mint (AD 870 - AD 879)
Year:   1925
Coin Number:   214
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Follis
Mint:   Constantinople
Authority:   Basil I, Constantine, & Leo
Obverse Legend:   +LEOnbASIL - COnSTAYGG
Obverse Type:   Half-length Basil, facing, center, l.hand raised to chest, w. half-length Leo & Const. l.&r., crowns w. cross on all.
Reverse Legend:   +bASIL/COnSTAn/TSLEOnEn/UObASILS/ROMEOn/*
Reverse Type:   Five-line inscription
Symbol:   rev.: star below inscription
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   5.935
Weight:   5.935
Diameter:   27
Chronology:   AD 870 - AD 879
Findspot Description:   South of Museum, surface
Excavation Date: 07/02/1925
Card #182, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Reference:   BMC, p.440, 21; Agora II, 1848; DOC III, p.499, 11
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 0312
Image: digital 2010 0313
Image: digital 2010 0314