- Co 489 (Early Byzantine follis of Constans II from Constantinople) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 655
- Not before (date)
- 654
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- DOCII Constans II 72, p. 451 (Constantinople Class 5)
- Label or tag text
- central section, west of central(?) column
- Preservation comment
- Wear: F. Extensive marginal chipping; rare, slight pitting and gouging; thin delamination especially reverse. Wide patches of bluish green bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 75, no. 1164 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Seventh Century, Follis“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- Follis
- Numismatic Authority
- Constans II (641-668)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 18.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 2.32
- Obverse Description
- Facing full-length figure of emperor, [bearded and crowned,] wearing chlamys and holding scepter cruciger in right hand and globus cruciger in left hand; within band border
- Obverse Inscription
- ⲈN Tǒ[T-Ο NI]KA
- Reverse Description
- Denomination, date, and mintmark within band border
- Reverse Inscription
- Large M; above, ✶; below, Β (?); to left and right, ANΑ-NⲈOς; in exergue, XIIII
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 489 (Early Byzantine 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/co0489>
