| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Coin | |
| Name: | 1936 712 | |
| Title: | Byzantine Gold Solidus of Constantine VII or Nicephorus II, Constantinople? Mint (AD 945 - AD 969) | |
| Year: | 1936 | |
| Coin Number: | 712 | |
| Period: | Byzantine | |
| Material: | AV | |
| Denomination: | Solidus | |
| Mint: | Constantinople? | |
| Authority: | Constantine VII or Nicephorus II | |
| Obverse Legend: | [+IhSXPSREXREG]NANTIYM | |
| Obverse Type: | Christ bust, facing, nimbus-cross w. pellet(s) in each arm, l.hand clasps book. | |
| Reverse Legend: | traces | |
| Reverse Type: | Very obscure: Emp. bust(s). | |
| Axis Clock: | 12? | |
| Diameter: | Preserved 20 | |
| Chronology: | AD 945 - AD 969 | |
| Findspot Description: | South Basilica Excavation Date: 10/05/1936, #7 Notebook 154 (Morgan), p.160 Card #47, . | |
| Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Approx. 1/3 of coin preserved - cancelled? Copper core, gold-washed. | |
| Reference: | DOC III, p.551 or 582, pl.37 or 41 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Image: digital 2010 0367 Image: digital 2010 0368 Image: digital 2010 0369 Notebook Page: NB 154, spread 88 (pp. 160 - 161) |
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