Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Coin | |
Name: | 1961 1442 | |
Title: | Byzantine Copper/Bronze Follis of Basil I, Contantine, & Leo, Constantinople Mint (AD 870 - AD 879) | |
Year: | 1961 | |
Coin Number: | 1442 | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Material: | AE | |
Denomination: | Follis | |
Mint: | Constantinople | |
Authority: | Basil I, Contantine, & Leo | |
Obverse Legend: | [+LEOnbASILSCOnSTA | |
Obverse Type: | Half-length Basil, facing, center, w. half-length Leo & Constantine, l.&r., crowns w. cross on all. | |
Reverse Legend: | obscure due to overstrike: +bASIL/COnSTAn/TSLEOnEn/ | |
Reverse Type: | Five-line inscription | |
Symbol: | rev.: cross below inscription | |
Under Type: | overstruck | |
Axis Clock: | 7 | |
Diameter: | 27.5 | |
Chronology: | AD 870 - AD 879 | |
Findspot Description: | Agora SW-D Excavation Date: 06/09/1961, #3-58 (13) Notebook 220, p.168, Basket #35; LOT 4995, . | |
Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. DOC: Class 3.b. | |
Reference: | DOC III, p.498, 10c | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Image: digital 2010 0309 Image: digital 2010 0310 Image: digital 2010 0311 Notebook Page: NB 220, spread 89 (p. 169) |