- Co 1074 (Early Byzantine follis of Basil I from Constantinople) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 879
- Not before (date)
- 870
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- DOCIII Basil I 11, pp. 499-500, pl. XXXII (Constantinople Class 4)
- Preservation comment
- Wear: G. Slight marginal chipping with contiguous cracking; extensive, slight to moderate pitting to cratering. Extensive incipient pale green bronze disease.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 60, no. 915 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 5
- Has denomination
- Follis
- Numismatic Authority
- Basil I (867-886)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 22.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.9
- Obverse Description
- Facing half-length figures of three emperors: taller in center bearded Basil, crowned and wearing loros; shorter to left Leo, crowned [and wearing chlamys]; shorter to right Constantine, crowned [and wearing chlamys]; within thin dotted border (traces)
- Obverse Inscription
- ☩ LⲈOn 𝖻[ASILS - COnS]TA ϥςς’
- Reverse Description
- Five lines of inscription within thin dotted border
- Reverse Description
- Undertype: faint traces of figure and letters (Constans II?)
- Reverse Inscription
- [𝖻]AS[IL] | Con[STAn|TS] LⲈOn [Ⲉn] | θO 𝖻[ASI]LS | ROMⲈON; below, ✶ (traces)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 1074 (Early Byzantine follis of Basil 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/co1074>
