Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Coin | |
Name: | 1978 100 | |
Title: | Byzantine Copper/Bronze Follis of Basil I and Constantine VI, Constantinople Mint (AD 868 - AD 870) | |
Year: | 1978 | |
Coin Number: | 100 | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Material: | AE | |
Denomination: | Follis | |
Mint: | Constantinople | |
Authority: | Basil I and Constantine VI | |
Obverse Legend: | [+bASI]LIOSSCOnT A[ | |
Obverse Type: | Basil & Const. enthroned, facing, crowns w. cross: between, labrarum w. "X". | |
Reverse Legend: | [+bASIL(I)O] / [SCOn]S[TAn] / [TInO]SEn[ | |
Reverse Type: | Five-line inscription | |
Axis Clock: | 7 | |
Diameter: | 25 | |
Chronology: | AD 868 - AD 870 | |
Context: | NB672 B123 P161 | |
Findspot Description: | Forum Southwest, 63 ZY; not in fill, on surface of basket. Excavation Date: 04/25/1978 Notebook 672, p.161, Basket 123, NB672 B123 P161, . | |
Area: | Forum southwest | |
Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Obv. inscription curious? - missing last "S": "COnT" instead of "COnST." | |
Reference: | BMC, p.439-40, 17-20; DOC III, p.494-6, #9a.1, 9b, 9d. | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Image: digital 2010 0306 Image: digital 2010 0307 Image: digital 2010 0308 |