- Co 167 (Early Byzantine bronze follis of Constans II from Constantinople) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 642
- Not before (date)
- 641
- Comment
- RW: Apparently this coin was issued during the emperor‘s first year, because II does not appear in the right field.
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- DOCII Constans II 59, pp. 442–443 (Class 1)
- Description
- Coin apparently clipped down into irregular shape and angular and curving sides.
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aVF. Frequent small marginal nicks. Incipient pale blue bronze disease.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 65, no. 1163 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- Follis
- Numismatic Authority
- Constans II (641-668)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 20.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 3.94
- Obverse Description
- Half-figure of emperor standing facing, holding scepter in right hand and globus cruciger in left hand
- Obverse Inscription
- [ⲈΝ ΤǒΤΩ ΝΙΚΑ] (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
- Large M; above, small K; to left and right, A|N|[A]-N|Ⲉ|[OⲤ]
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 167 (Early Byzantine bronze follis of Constans II from Constantinople).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2023. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0167>
