Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Coin | |
Name: | 1993 239 | |
Title: | Byzantine Copper/Bronze Follis of Anonymous Series E, Constantinople Mint (AD 1060) | |
Year: | 1993 | |
Coin Number: | 239 | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Material: | AE | |
Denomination: | Follis | |
Mint: | Constantinople | |
Authority: | Anonymous Series E | |
Obverse Legend: | No inscription; [IC-XC]. | |
Obverse Type: | Christ bust, facing, cr.-nimbus [w. single pellet in upright & 2 pellets in lateral arms; r.hand raised in blessing within sling; l.hand holds book.] | |
Reverse Legend: | [IS XS] / [bAS[IL[E] / bASIL’ | |
Reverse Type: | 3-line inscription; w. [cross flanked by lozenges above], crescent flanked by lozenges below. | |
Axis Clock: | 6 | |
Weight Description: | 2.44 | |
Weight: | 2.44 | |
Diameter: | 22x15 | |
Chronology: | AD 1060 | |
Context: | NB863 B21 P27 | |
Findspot Description: | Temple E, SE; south side of paved court, in fill of robbed E-W wall that forms south limit of paved court. Excavation Date: 06/23/1993 Notebook 863, p.27, Basket 21, NB863 B21 P27, . | |
Area: | Temple E, Southeast | |
Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. DOC: dated ca. 1060. Cut-down, and broken. | |
Reference: | DOC III, p.688. | |
Published: | Hesperia 1994, p. 48, 40 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Williams & Zervos, Hesperia 63:1, 1994 Image: digital 2010 3570 Image: digital 2010 3571 Image: digital 2010 3572 |