Co 1074 (Early Byzantine follis of Basil I from Constantinople) [permalink] [show fewer 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
Reverse Photograph