Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Coin | |
Name: | 2010 29 | |
Title: | Byzantine Copper/Bronze Coin of Basil I (868-870) (AD 868 - AD 870) | |
Year: | 2010 | |
Coin Number: | 29 | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Material: | AE | |
Authority: | Basil I (868-870) | |
Obverse Legend: | Traces of inscription at top; nearly illegible | |
Obverse Type: | Basil and Constantine seated | |
Reverse Legend: | +[B]ASILIO / SCONST[AN] / [TINO] SE [NTHO] / [BASILEISR] / [ROMAION] | |
Reverse Type: | five line inscription | |
Axis Clock: | 4 | |
Weight Description: | 6.97 | |
Weight: | 6.97 | |
Diameter: | 32 | |
Chronology: | AD 868 - AD 870 | |
Context: | Nezi Field, context 6749 | |
Findspot Description: | N. of Nezi 6749, N. 1040.60; E. 275.75; Elv. 84.58, Nezi Field, context 6749, . | |
Area: | Nezi Field | |
Notes: | cf. Grierson, Doc, vol. III.2, p. 494, pl. XXXI, no. 9a.1ff Class 2a overstruck | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Basket: Nezi Field, context 6749 |