KC062 (Early-Middle Byzantine follis of Romanos I from Constantinople) [permalink] [show fewer links]

Type

Inventoried Object

Not after (date)

944

Not before (date)

941

Logical part of

Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila

Typological identification

Coin

Comparanda

KC033

Comparanda

DOCIII Romanos I 25b, pp. 563–564, pls. XXXVIII-XXXIX (Constantinople Class 4)

Preservation comment

Wear: VF+. Widespread, minute pitting and rare surfician cracking; slightly cracked edge.

Published as

Weir2022, p. 1141, no. 851, fig. 23.14

Axis (1-12)

5

Has denomination

Follis

Numismatic Authority

Romanus I Lecapenus (920-944)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

26.0

Numismatic Mint

Constantinople

Numismatic Weight (g)

6.44

Obverse Description

Facing half-length figure of bearded emperor wearing crown with cross and chlamys with tablion, holding globus cruciger in left hand and labarum scepter in right hand; within thin dotted border

Obverse Inscription

☩ RⲰMAn bAS-ILEVS RⲰn′

Reverse Description

Imperial name in four lines within thin dotted border (traces)

Reverse Inscription

☩ RⲰmA|n′ Ⲉn ΘⲈⲰ 𝖻A|SILⲈVS RⲰ|mAIⲰn

Belongs to Historical Period

Middle Byzantine (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Christian Cross (Visual Motif)