Corinth Coin: T 1926 1554
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   T 1926 1554
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Follis of Romanus I, Constantinople Mint (AD 931 - AD 944)
Year:   1926
Coin Number:   1554
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Follis
Mint:   Constantinople
Authority:   Romanus I
Obverse Legend:   +RVMAnbASILEVSRVM'
Obverse Type:   Bust, facing, bearded, heavy crown w. cross; holds labarum sceter transversely in r.hand, gl.-cr in l.hand.
Reverse Legend:   +RVM[A]/n'EnUEVb[A]/SILEVSRV/MAIVn
Reverse Type:   Four-line inscription
Axis Clock:   7
Diameter:   24
Chronology:   AD 931 - AD 944
Findspot Description:   Theater, West Cavea, Sect.XIII, on or over parados steps
Excavation Date: 04/26/1926, #1+2
Notebook 91, p.171
orig. card # T26-213a, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. DOC: Class 4 (of Constantine VII)
Reference:   BMC, p.455-7, 14-29; DOC III, p.562, 25a.
Published:   Hesperia 1987, p. 137, 645
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: MacIsaac, Hesperia 56:2, 1987
Image: digital 2010 0339
Image: digital 2010 0340
Image: digital 2010 0341