- Co 446 (Early-Middle Byzantine follis of Romanos I from Constantinople) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 944
- Not before (date)
- 931
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- DOCIII Constantine VII 25b.1-24, pp. 563–564 (Constantinople Class 4)
- Preservation comment
- Wear: VF. Moderately nicked and cracked edge, with portion snapped off at obverse lower right; extensive slight pitting and somewhat frequent, thin delamination on both faces. Thin patches of white to pale green bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 75, no. 1169 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- Follis
- Numismatic Authority
- Romanus I Lecapenus (920-944)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 23.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 6.6
- Obverse Description
- 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
- ☩ RⲰmAn′ [𝖻AS-ILⲈVS RⲰm′]
- Reverse Description
- Imperial name in four lines within thin dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
- ☩ RⲰmA|n′ Ⲉn ΘⲈⲰ 𝖻[A]|SILⲈVS RⲰ|mAIⲰn
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle 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 446 (Early-Middle Byzantine follis of Romanos I 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/co0446>
