- Co 485 (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
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- DOCII Constans II 90, p. 460, pl. XXVII (Constantinople Class I)
- Comparanda
- MIB3 Constans II 180, pp. 139, 251, pl. 29
- Preservation comment
- Wear: G/aVF. Roughly 40% of coin survived with chipped edges after large segments snapped off; extensive, slight pitting to gouging; rare pitting. Faint film of incipient, pale green bronze disease especially on reverse.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 70, no. 1078, pl. V (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Justin II, Uncertain, Half-Follis (frag.)“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- Half-follis
- Numismatic Authority
- Constans II (641-668)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 22.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 2.12
- Obverse Description
- Facing figure of emperor, bearded and crowned, holding globus cruciger in left hand [and staff with cross in right hand] (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
- Large Κ; above, cross (traces); to left, ANN; to right, II | I; below, Α
- 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 485 (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/co0485>
