Corinth Coin: 1931 52
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1931 52
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Follis of Romanus I, Constantinople Mint (AD 931 - AD 944)
Year:   1931
Coin Number:   52
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Follis
Mint:   Constantinople
Authority:   Romanus I
Obverse Legend:   +RV[MAnb]ASILEVSRVM
Obverse Type:   Bust, facing, bearded, heavy crown w. cross; holds labarum scepter transversely in r.hand, gl.-cr in l.hand.
Reverse Legend:   +RVMA/n'EnUEVbA/SILEVSRV/MAIVn
Reverse Type:   Four-line inscription
Axis Clock:   6
Diameter:   26
Chronology:   AD 931 - AD 944
Findspot Description:   Asklepieion (Keramidaki), dump
Excavation Date: 04/01/1931, #2
Notebook 122 (de Waele), p.23, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. DOC: Class 4 (of Constantine VII)
Reference:   BMC, p.455; DOC III, p.562, 25a.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 0336
Image: digital 2010 0337
Image: digital 2010 0338
Notebook Page: NB 122, spread 16 (pp. 22 - 23)