| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Coin | |
| Name: | 1936 1711 | |
| Title: | Byzantine Copper/Bronze Follis of Nicephorus III, Constantinople Mint (AD 1078 - AD 1081) | |
| Year: | 1936 | |
| Coin Number: | 1711 | |
| Period: | Byzantine | |
| Material: | AE | |
| Denomination: | Follis | |
| Mint: | Constantinople | |
| Authority: | Nicephorus III | |
| Obverse Legend: | No inscription; obscure IC-XC w. stars above. | |
| Obverse Type: | 3/4 length Christ, facing, r.hand in blessing, l.hand holds book. | |
| Reverse Legend: | In corners: C- | |
| Reverse Type: | Equal-armed cross, ending in globules, with central circle and inner 8-point star. | |
| Under Type: | overstruck on follis of Nicephorus Bryennius(?), (1077-8) | |
| Axis Clock: | 7 | |
| Weight Description: | 7.71 | |
| Weight: | 7.71 | |
| Diameter: | 28 | |
| Chronology: | AD 1078 - AD 1081 | |
| Findspot Description: | Agora S.C. Excavation Date: 05/06/1936, #17-23 Notebook 159 (Folse), p.247. Card #498., . | |
| Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Undertype: Obv.: bust of Christ, cr.-nimbus, w. 5 pellets in arms; rev.: cross-on-steps w. border lines, arms end in triple pellets. | |
| Reference: | DOC III, p.831, 9.2 (Nic. III); poss. DOC III, p.838, 2c (Nic. Bry.) | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
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