- Co 804 (Early Byzantine follis of Heraclius from Constantinople) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Cited by
- Walker1980, p. 218 (rev. KenchreaiIII identified as Constans II)
- Comparanda
- DOCII Heraclius 96, p. 290, pl. XII (Constantinople Class 3)
- Label or tag text
- coin in Narthex in apsidal room by sea
- Preservation comment
- Wear: flatstruck F. Diameter and weight of follis considerably reduced by snapped off (or clipped?) edges, with extensive nicking to chipping and contiguous cracking. Somewhat sparse, slight pitting and slight flaking on reverse.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 78, no. 1224 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Byzantine”)
- Axis (1-12)
- 2
- Has denomination
- follis
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 18.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 2.31
- Obverse Description
- Three facing full-length figures, Heraclius center and taller, Heraclius Constantine to right, and Martina to left (faint), each wearing crown with cross and chalmys and holding globus cruciger in right hand; to upper left and right, [☩] - ☩ (traces); all within thin dotted border
- Reverse Description
- First undertype (oldest; axis 6): helmeted bust of bearded emperor to left, perhaps carrying a spear (thus Probus?)
- Reverse Description
- Second undertype (axis 3): facing emperor, crowned, holding globus cruciger in right hand (Phocas?)
- Reverse Inscription
- Overtype (latest): Large M; above, cross; to left and right, not preserved; below, small Α; in exergue, CON; all within thin dotted(?) border
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“Co 804 (Early Byzantine follis of Heraclius from Constantinople).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2023. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0804>
