Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Coin | |
Name: | 1928 637 | |
Title: | Byzantine Copper/Bronze Follis of Anonymous Series B, Constantinople Mint (AD 1030 - AD 1042) | |
Year: | 1928 | |
Coin Number: | 637 | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Material: | AE | |
Denomination: | Follis | |
Mint: | Constantinople | |
Authority: | Anonymous Series B | |
Obverse Legend: | +EM[MA] NOVH[ | |
Obverse Type: | Christ bust, facing, cr.-nimbus w. 'square' in each arm; r.hand raised in blessing within sling; l.hand holds book. | |
Reverse Legend: | IS-XS / [b]AS-ILE / [b]AS-ILE, within corners of cross. | |
Reverse Type: | Cross on base and two steps, upper arms end in pellets. | |
Axis Clock: | 6 | |
Weight Description: | 14.35 | |
Weight: | 14.35 | |
Diameter: | 33 | |
Chronology: | AD 1030 - AD 1042 | |
Findspot Description: | Lechaion Road, clean-up Excavation Date: 07/18/1928 Notebook 100 (de Waele), p.208 Card #637, . | |
Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. DOC: dated ca.1030/35-1042(?) Small scale? - esp. obverse. | |
Reference: | BMC, p.497; DOC III, p.676. | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Image: digital 2010 0454 Image: digital 2010 0455 Image: digital 2010 0456 |