KC096 (Early Byzantine follis of Phocas from Antioch-Theupolis) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Not after (date)
606
Not before (date)
605
Comment
Coin dated AD 605/606.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
DOCII Phocas 86.3-5, p. 188
Preservation comment
Wear: aEF. Several sharp chips around edge.
Published as
Weir2022, p. 1140, no. 848, fig. 23.13
Axis (1-12)
12
Has denomination
Follis
Numismatic Authority
Phocas (602-610)
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
28.0
Numismatic Mint
Antioch on the Orontes
Numismatic Weight (g)
8.83
Obverse Description
Two facing full-length figures, robed and crowned, to left Phocas holding globus cruciger, and to right Leontia holding scepter with cross; above, cross; within dotted border
Obverse Inscription
D N FOCA - NE PE AV (initial D is retrograde)
Reverse Description
Denomination, date, and mintmark within dotted border
Reverse Inscription
Large Μ; above, cross; to left and right, A|N|N|O - II|II; in exergue, 𝗍HⲈUP
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Byzantine (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)