- Co 1163 (Early Byzantine follis of Constans II from Constantinople) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 642
- Not before (date)
- 641
- Comment
- Coin dated AD 641/2
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- DOCII Constans II 59a-e, pp. 442-443, pl. XXVI (Constantinople Class I)
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aVF/F. Nicking to chipping with slight cracking around edge; extensive, slight to moderate pitting and rare gouging. Incipient green bronze disease.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 75, no. 1162, pl. V (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 2
- Has denomination
- Follis
- Numismatic Authority
- Constans II (641-668)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 20.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 3.65
- Obverse Description
- Facing full-length figure of beardless emperor, [crowned,] wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger in left hand and cross on staff in right hand; all within band border (traces)
- Obverse Inscription
- ⲈN T[ǒTΟ – NI]KA
- Reverse Description
- Denomination, date, and mintmark within band border(?)
- Reverse Inscription
- Large cursive Μ; above, cross; to left and right, A|N|A-[N]|Ⲉ|O[S]; below, [CO]N
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 1163 (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/co1163>
