- Co 828 (Middle Byzantine follis, Anonymous Class B) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 1042
- Not before (date)
- 1030
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- Reverse undertype: DOIII Anonymous Class A1/2, pp. 648-675, pls. XLVIII-LV
- Comparanda
- DOCIII Anonymous Class B, pp. 676-679, pl. LV
- Preservation comment
- Wear: F/VF. Slightly nicked edge; slight, sparse pitting and fissuring. Incipient green bronze disease and rough white film (encrustation?) on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 77, no. 1208 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- Follis
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 27.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 9.57
- Obverse Description
- Facing bust of bearded Christ, surrounded by cruciform nimbus of dotted rays and one globule each in upper angles, wearing tunic and kolobion and holding Gospels with five-jeweled cover
- Obverse Inscription
- [☩ⲈΜΜΑ]-ΝΟVΗΛ; to left and right of figure, IⲤ – X[Ⲥ]
- Reverse Description
- Cross on three-stepped platform; all within narrow dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
- In angles of cross, [IS – XS | 𝖻]AS–ILE | 𝖻AS–ILE
- Reverse Inscription
- Undertype (axis 12): 𝖻ASILEϥ (line 3 of 4 lines)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Jesus Christ (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 828 (Middle Byzantine follis, Anonymous Class B).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0828>
