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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Coin | |
| Name: | 1937 42 | |
| Title: | Byzantine Copper/Bronze Follis of Basil I & Constantine, Constantinople Mint (AD 868 - AD 870) | |
| Year: | 1937 | |
| Coin Number: | 42 | |
| Period: | Byzantine | |
| Material: | AE | |
| Denomination: | Follis | |
| Mint: | Constantinople | |
| Authority: | Basil I & Constantine | |
| Obverse Legend: | +bASILIOSSCOnST A | |
| Obverse Type: | Busts of Basil and Const., l.&r., crowns w. cross; both r.hands hold a single labarum, center, w. 4 dots. | |
| Reverse Legend: | +bASILO / SCOnSTAn / TInOSEn | |
| Reverse Type: | Five line inscription | |
| Axis Clock: | 6 | |
| Diameter: | 29 | |
| Chronology: | AD 868 - AD 870 | |
| Context: | NB168 P29 | |
| NB170 P46 | ||
| Findspot Description: | St. John's South Excavation Date: 04/24/1937, #1 Notebook 169 (Scranton), p.349, NB168 P29, . St. John's South Excavation Date: 04/24/1937, #1 Notebook 169 (Scranton), p.349, NB170 P46, . | |
| Area: | Forum northeast | |
| Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Variation on rev. legend not in DOC: "bASILO" instead of "bASIL". | |
| Reference: | Ed. p.135, 90; DOC III, p.494, 8b (variant) | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Image: digital 2010 0300 Image: digital 2010 0301 Image: digital 2010 0302 Basket: NB168 P29 Basket: NB170 P46 |
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