Corinth Coin: 2012 101
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   2012 101
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Follis of Consantine VII, Constantinople Mint (AD 945 - AD 950)
Year:   2012
Coin Number:   101
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   follis
Mint:   Constantinople
Authority:   Consantine VII
Obverse Legend:   [CONSTba-]SILROM
Obverse Type:   Bust of emperor facing, wearing loros and crown. And in L hand, globus cruciger, in R akakia
Reverse Legend:   +CON[ST] ΕhΘΕΟb[A] SILEUS[R] / OMEOn
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   7.19
Weight:   7.19
Diameter:   24
Chronology:   AD 945 - AD 950
Context:   Nezi Field, context 883
Findspot Description:   Nezi 883 Sieve, Nezi Field, context 883, .
Area:   Nezi Field
Notes:   Overstruck on follis of Romanus I, obverse to reverse.
Obverse is illegible. Reverse is [+RωMA] / nεn[Θεωba] / SILE [usrω] / M[AIωN]
Reference:   DOC III^2 p. 565-7
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Basket: Nezi Field, context 883