Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Coin | |
Name: | 1978 32 | |
Title: | Byzantine Copper/Bronze Imitative Follis? of Nicephorus III, Constantinople Mint (AD 1078 - AD 1081) | |
Year: | 1978 | |
Coin Number: | 32 | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Material: | AE | |
Denomination: | Follis? | |
Mint: | Constantinople | |
Authority: | Nicephorus III | |
Comments: | Imitative | |
Obverse Legend: | No inscription; [IC-XC]. | |
Obverse Type: | traces: 3/4 length Christ. | |
Reverse Legend: | [C- | |
Reverse Type: | Equal-armed cross ending in globules, circle in center w. 8-ointed star within. | |
Axis Clock: | 5 | |
Diameter: | 17 | |
Chronology: | AD 1078 - AD 1081 | |
Context: | NB668 B40 P54 | |
Findspot Description: | Forum Southwest; grid ZY-59, NE corner Excavation Date: 04/11/1959 Notebook 668, p.54, Basket #40, NB668 B40 P54, . | |
Area: | Forum southwest | |
Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Tiny flan, thick. Cut down? (smooth edges). | |
Reference: | BMC, 12ff; cf. DOC III, p.831, 9. | |
Published: | Hesperia 1986, p. 200, 201. | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Zervos, Hesperia 55:2, 1986 Images (4) |