- Co 412 (Early Byzantine half-follis of Constans II from Constantinople) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 644
- Not before (date)
- 643
- Comment
- Coin dated AD 643/4
- Comment
- Consultation: Tony Goodwin (February, 2024).
- Comment
- Officina Ⲉ and the exergual line on this half-follis from Constantinople are otherwise very rare or unattested.
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- DOCII Constans II 90, p. 460, pl. XXVII (Constantinople, Half Follis Class I, dated 643/4)
- Comparanda
- MIB3 Constans II 180, pp. 139, 251, pl. 29
- Description
- Flan is too small for die.
- Label or tag text
- W. of Atrium on floor
- Preservation comment
- Wear: flatstruck aVF. Extensively nicked and chipped edge to a ragged state; slight, extensive pitting. Scattered, thin patches of pale blue bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 71, no. 1083 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Sixth Century, Half-Follis“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- Follis
- Numismatic Authority
- Constans II (641-668)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 19.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 2.17
- Obverse Description
- Facing figure of emperor, wearing crown with cross and chlamys, holding long cross in right hand and globus cruciger in left hand; all within thin (dotted?) border
- Reverse Inscription
- Large K; above, cross (traces); [A]|N|N - II|I; below, Ⲉ; exergual line below with flaring left edge(?); all within thick(?) border
- 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 412 (Early Byzantine half-follis of Constans II from Constantinople).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0412>
