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: | +R | |
Obverse Type: | Bust, facing, bearded, heavy crown w. cross; holds labarum scepter transversely in r.hand, gl.-cr in l.hand. | |
Reverse Legend: | +R | |
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) |