- Co 818 (Early Byzantine follis of Constans II from Constantinople) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 656
- Not before (date)
- 655
- Comment
- Consultation: Tony Goodwin (February, 2024).
- Comment
- The blank or disrupted design on upper right obverse might well indicate a defective or broken die.
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- DOCII Constans II 75c3, p. 452, pl. XXVII (Constantinople, Follis Class 6, dated AD 655/656)
- Comparanda
- MIB3 Constans II 172b+c.Γ, pp. 138, 250, pl. 28
- Preservation comment
- Wear: F. Broken (clipped?) on two sides and irregular remain margin give amorphous shape; nickedd edges; extensive, slight pitting and scratching to gouging. Small patches of white film from bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, pp. 75, 91, no. 1166 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Seventh Century Follis … (possible Arabic imitation)”)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- Follis
- Numismatic Authority
- Constans II (641-668)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 21.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 2.77
- Obverse Description
- Facing figure of bearded emperor, crowned, cloaked, and cuirassed(?), holding scepter cruciger in right hand and [globus cruciger] in left.
- Obverse Inscription
- Upper right, Ν
- Reverse Inscription
- Large Μ (broken lines and irregular serifs); above, ✶; ΚⲰΝ – ⲤΤΑ[Ν]; below, Γ; in exergue, uncertain letter(s) or number(s)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 818 (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/co0818>
