Corinth Coin: 1977 386
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1977 386
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Follis of Theophilus, Constantinople Mint (AD 839 - AD 842)
Year:   1977
Coin Number:   386
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Follis
Mint:   Constantinople
Authority:   Theophilus
Obverse Legend:   [UEOFIL - bASI]
Obverse Type:   Half-length bust, facing, crown w. 4 dots; holds labarum in r.hand, gl.-cr in l.hand.
Reverse Legend:   +UEO / [F]ILEAVG / [O]VSTESV / [n]ICAS
Reverse Type:   Four-line inscription
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   6.58
Weight:   6.58
Diameter:   27
Chronology:   AD 839 - AD 842
Context:   NB664 B127 P664
Findspot Description:   Forum Southwest, 63 ZZ/A, road sand fill
Elev 82.579 to -
Excavation Date: 05/09/1977
Notebook 664, p.-, Basket #127, NB664 B127 P664, .
Area:   Forum southwest
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Date is questionable; DOC dates 830/1-842.
Condition is good.
Reference:   BMC, 18-26; DOC III, p.438, 15d.
Published:   Hesperia 1984, p. 246, 438
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Fisher, Hesperia 53:2, 1984
Image: digital 2010 0276
Image: digital 2010 0277
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