- Co 1317 (Middle Byzantine follis of Romanos I from Constantinople) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 944
- Not before (date)
- 931
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- DOCIII Constantine VII 25b.1–24, pp. 563–564 (Constantinople Class 4)
- Preservation comment
- Wear: VF. Very slight, sparse pitting and scratching. Wide film of white to pale green bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 75, no. 1171, pl. V (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- Follis
- Numismatic Authority
- Romanus I Lecapenus (920-944)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 26.5
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 7.92
- Obverse Description
- Facing half-length figure of bearded emperor wearing diadem with cross and sagion, holding globus cruciger in left hand and scepter (akakia?) in right hand
- Obverse Inscription
- ☩ RⲰmAn’ 𝖻AS-ILⲈVS RⲰm’
- Reverse Description
- Imperial name in four lines within thin dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
- ☩ RⲰmA|n’ Ⲉn ΘⲈⲰ 𝖻A|SILⲈVS RⲰ|mAIⲰn
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 1317 (Middle Byzantine follis of Romanos 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/co1317>
