Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Coin | |
Name: | 2012 13 | |
Title: | Byzantine Copper/Bronze Follis of Romanus I, Constantinople Mint (AD 931 - AD 944) | |
Year: | 2012 | |
Coin Number: | 13 | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Material: | AE | |
Denomination: | Follis | |
Mint: | Constantinople | |
Authority: | Romanus I | |
Dynasty: | Macedonian | |
Comments: | worn on reverse | |
Obverse Legend: | +RWMANbASILEVSRWM | |
Obverse Type: | Emp 1/2-length bust, long, transverse sceptre and gl. Cr. | |
Reverse Type: | four line inscription, [+]RWMA|[n']E[n]UEWbA|[S]ILEVSRW|MAI[Wn] | |
Axis Clock: | 6 | |
Weight Description: | 5.58 | |
Weight: | 5.58 | |
Diameter: | 20.5 | |
Chronology: | AD 931 - AD 944 | |
Context: | Nezi Field, context 646 | |
Findspot Description: | context 646. 1003.61 N/ 258.57 E. Elevation 86.83, Nezi Field, context 646, . | |
Area: | Nezi Field | |
Notes: | comparanda T26-1554 in , Comments by Michael Ierardi: on the reverse: SROM'.ILEVSRWM/+RVMA/IEIOUEV (doublestruck or overstruck???) | |
Reference: | D.O.C. III2 p.562 n.25a; BMC II p.455-7, 14-29; Hesperia 1987, p. 137, 645 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Basket: Nezi Field, context 646 |