- Co 411 (Middle Byzantine follis, Anonymous Class A2) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 1035
- Not before (date)
- 976
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- KC100
- Comparanda
- DOCIII Anonymous Folles Class A2, variants 3-24, pp. 651-659, pls. XLVIII-LI
- Preservation comment
- Wear: G. Slight marginal nicking, extensive delaminating flakes from edges especially reverse bottom; extensive, minute pitting and dense striations (from cleaning?).
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 78, no. 1219 (R. Hohlfelder published as “Uncertain, Byzantine“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- Follis
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 32.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 14.22
- 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; within thin dotted border (traces)
- Obverse Inscription
- [☩ ⲈΜΜΑ–ΝΟV]ΗΛ; to left and right of figure, IⲤ – X[Ⲥ]
- Reverse Description
- Four lines of inscription; below, uncertain design; within narrow dotted border (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
- ☩ IhS[ϥS] | XPICTϥ[S | 𝖻ASILⲈ[ϥ′ | 𝖻]A[SI]L[Ⲉ′]
- 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)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 411 (Middle Byzantine follis, Anonymous Class A2).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0411>
