Corinth Coin: 1929 1073
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1929 1073
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Follis of Constantine VII & Romanus II, Constantinople Mint (AD 950 - AD 959)
Year:   1929
Coin Number:   1073
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Follis
Mint:   Constantinople
Authority:   Constantine VII & Romanus II
Obverse Legend:   COnST'CE[ROMAN']b'ROM'
Obverse Type:   Busts of Const. & Rom. facing, crowns w. crosses; gl. w. pat.cross and 'X' held between.
Reverse Legend:   +COn[ST']/CEROMAn/EnXRIST'/b'ROMEO
Reverse Type:   Four-line inscription
Axis Clock:   6
Diameter:   26
Chronology:   AD 950 - AD 959
Findspot Description:   North Temple Slope, Room 3
Excavation Date: 07/11-12/1929
Notebook 105 (de Waele)
Card #1073, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Reference:   BMC, p.466-7, 70-76; DOC III, p.568, 27.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 0370
Image: digital 2010 0371
Image: digital 2010 0372