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- KC076 (Middle Byzantine follis of Constantine VII from Constantinople) [permalink] [show fewer links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Not after (date)
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950
- Not before (date)
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945
- Comment
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Grierson (DOCIII) dates coin to AD 945-ca. 950.
- Comment
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JLR refined Weir 2022 (October 2024).
- Logical part of
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Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
- Typological identification
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Coin
- Comparanda
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DOCIII Constantine VII 26, pp. 565-567, pl. XXXIX (Constantinople Class 5)
- Preservation comment
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Wear: aVF. Extensive, slight pitting and rare surficial cracking; slightly nicked edge.
- Published as
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Weir2022, pp. 1140-1141, no. 849, fig. 23.13
- Axis (1-12)
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6
- Has denomination
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Follis
- Numismatic Authority
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Constantine VII Porphygenitus (913-959)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
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27.0
- Numismatic Mint
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Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
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4.99
- Obverse Description
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Facing bust of emperor wearing crown and loros and holding akakia in right hand and globus cruciger in left hand; within dotted border
- Obverse Inscription
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[CONST] bA-SIL ROM
- Reverse Description
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Four-line appellation within dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
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+ COnS - Ⲉn θⲈO bA-SILⲈVS R-[OMⲈ]On
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Middle Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Material
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Bronze (Material)