- Co 1326 (Early-Middle Byzantine follis of Leo VI from Constantinople) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 912
- Not before (date)
- 886
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- DOCIII Leo VI 8, pp. 518-520, pl. XXXV (Class 3)
- Preservation comment
- Wear: VG. Sparsely nicked edge and deep crack into center from obverse axis 7; extensive, slight, dense pitting. Small, thin patches of incipient pale blue and pink bronze corrosion especially on reverse.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 75, no. 1167, pl. V (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- Follis
- Numismatic Authority
- Leo VI (887-912)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 25.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 6.22
- Obverse Description
- Facing bust of bearded emperor, wearing crown with cross and chlamys and roundel over right shoulder, holding akakia in left hand; within thin dotted border
- Obverse Inscription
- ☩ LⲈΟn 𝖻ΑS-ILⲈVS RΟm′
- Reverse Description
- Inscription of four lines within dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
- ☩ LⲈOn | Ⲉn ΘⲈO 𝖻A|SILⲈVS R|OMⲈOn
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 1326 (Early-Middle Byzantine follis of Leo VI 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/co1326>
