Corinth Coin: 1926 255
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1926 255
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Half-Follis of Phocas, Thessalonika Mint (AD 603 - AD 605)
Year:   1926
Coin Number:   255
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   half-follis
Mint:   Thessalonika
Authority:   Phocas
Obverse Legend:   [OMFOCA]-ERPAVC
Obverse Type:   Phocas and Leontia, standing, facing, long robed; cross between heads; Phocas, crowned, holds gl.-cr in r.hand; Leontia, nimbate, holds cr.-scepter transversely in r.hand.
Reverse Type:   XX
Symbol:   rev.: cross above letters, dot in-between; in ex. TES
Axis Clock:   6
Diameter:   28
Chronology:   AD 603 - AD 605
Findspot Description:   Lechaion Road
Excavation Date: xx/xx/1926
Notebook 90
Card #255, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Reference:   BMC, p.169, 62-63; DOC II, 174-5, 51.1-51.7
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 0145
Image: digital 2010 0146
Image: digital 2010 0147