KC100 (Middle Byzantine follis, Anonymous Class A2) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Not after (date)
1035
Not before (date)
976
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
Co 411
Comparanda
DOCIII Anonymous Folles Class A2, pp. 649-674 (details obscure)
Preservation comment
Wear: aG/G. Severe wear around margins; Extensive, minute pitting and surficial cracking; deeply nicked edge; roughly 30% of flan sheared off after use.
Published as
Weir2022, pp. 1141-1142, no. 852, fig. 23.14
Axis (1-12)
6
Has denomination
Follis
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
30.0
Numismatic Mint
Constantinople
Numismatic Weight (g)
6.56
Obverse Description
Facing half-length figure of bearded Christ with cruciform nimbus of two-dotted rays, wearing tunic and himation and holding Gospels with jeweled cover (traces) [; within thin dotted border]
Obverse Inscription
[☩ ⲈΜΜΑ-ΝΟΥΗΛ]; to left and right, Ι[Ⲥ-ΧⲤ]
Reverse Description
Four-line inscription [within thin dotted border]
Reverse Inscription
[☩ I]hSϥS | XPICT[ϥS] | 𝖻ASI[LⲈϥ′ | 𝖻ASILⲈ′]
Belongs to Historical Period
Middle Byzantine (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Jesus Christ (Visual Motif)