DOCIII Constantine VII 25a.1-17, pp. 562–563 (Constantinople Class 4)
Contributor Notes
2011 (late May): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Preservation description
Wear: F-F+. Extensive, slight nicking to chipping; extensive, slight pitting; large crack obverse left; frequent slight flaking. Thin patches of pale green bronze disease on both faces.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 89, no. 1220 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Byzantine”)
Facing half-length figure of bearded emperor wearing crown with cross and chlamys with tablion, holding globus cruciger in left hand and labarum scepter in right hand; within thin dotted border
Obverse Inscription
[☩] RⲰm[An′] 𝖻ASILⲈ[VS] ṚⲰ̣ṃ′̣
Reverse Description
Imperial name in four lines within thin dotted border
