Corinth Coin: 1963 844
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1963 844
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Follis of Heraclius, Constantinople Mint (AD 613 - AD 614)
Year:   1963
Coin Number:   844
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Follis
Mint:   Constantinople
Authority:   Heraclius
Obverse Legend:   illegible
Obverse Type:   Heraclius & Herac. Constantine standing, facing, each w. crown w. crosses; each holds gl.-cr in r.hand; cross between heads.
Reverse Type:   M, [ANNO] IIII
Symbol:   rev.: Chi-Rho (barely leg.) above letter, B below; in ex. CON
Under Type:   Triple struck: overstruck on follis of Phocas (Nicomedia), on follis of Maurice (Constantinople)
Axis Clock:   2
Diameter:   33
Chronology:   AD 613 - AD 614
Context:   NB252 B2 P180
Findspot Description:   Minor Projects, Anaploga Cistern, Manhole 5, SE Tunnel 1
Excavation Date: 08/06/1963, #1
Notebook 252, p.180, & 208, p.139, Basket 2 (of August 5), NB252 B2 P180, .
Area:   Minor Projects
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Reference:   DOC II, p.282, 79b (Heraclius); DOC II, p.177, 57b (Phocas); DOC I, p.302, 20 ff. (Maurice)
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 0163
Image: digital 2010 0164
Image: digital 2010 0165
Basket: NB252 B2 P180
Notebook Page: NB 252, spread 95 (pp. 179 - 180)