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: | +R | |
Obverse Type: | Bust, facing, bearded, heavy crown w. cross; holds labarum sceter transversely in r.hand, gl.-cr in l.hand. | |
Reverse Legend: | +R | |
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 |