Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Coin | |
Name: | 1972 181 | |
Title: | Byzantine Copper/Bronze Follis of Leo VI, Constantinople Mint (AD 886 - AD 912) | |
Year: | 1972 | |
Coin Number: | 181 | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Material: | AE | |
Denomination: | Follis | |
Mint: | Constantinople | |
Authority: | Leo VI | |
Obverse Legend: | +LEOnbAS-ILEVSROM' | |
Obverse Type: | Bust, facing, short bearded, crown w. cross; roundel w. central pellet on r.shoulder, holds akakia in l.hand. | |
Reverse Legend: | +LEO[n]/En | |
Reverse Type: | Four-line inscription | |
Axis Clock: | 6 | |
Diameter: | 28 | |
Chronology: | AD 886 - AD 912 | |
Context: | NB486 B61 P122 | |
Findspot Description: | Forum West, 68-G Excavation Date: 05/02/1972 Notebook 486, p.122, Basket #61, NB486 B61 P122, . | |
Area: | Forum west | |
Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. DOC: Class 3. Fine Condition. | |
Reference: | BMC, pl.LI, 13 & p.447, 8-10; DOC III, p.519, 8. | |
Published: | Hesperia 1973, p. 43, 98 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Williams, et al. Hesperia 42:1, 1973 Image: digital 2010 0324 Image: digital 2010 0325 Image: digital 2010 0326 |