- Co 771 (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 Romanos I 25b, pp. 563–564, pls. XXXVIII-XXXIX (Constantinople Class 4)
- Label or tag text
- surface fill coin
- Preservation comment
- Wear: VF+, some flatness. Slight, sparse nicking around edge and pitting on faces; scattered patches of inicipient cratering.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, pp. 75, 91, no. 1170, pl. V (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- Follis
- Numismatic Authority
- Romanus I Lecapenus (920-944)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 24.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 6.67
- Obverse Description
- Facing half-figure of beared emperor, wearing chlamys and tablion and pearled crown with cross, holding labarum scepter with ornament in right hand and globus cruciger in left 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 bA|SILⲈVS RⲰ|mAImn (die-casting error inverted last omega/inserted M for omega)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 771 (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/co0771>
