KC033 (Early-Middle Byzantine follis of Romanos I from Constantinople) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Not after (date)
944
Not before (date)
931
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
KC062
Comparanda
DOCIII Romanos I 25b, pp. 563–564, pls. XXXVIII-XXXIX (Constantinople Class 4)
Conservation
2007 (July): Bronze corrosion was cleaned mechanically with microairabrasive unit. After cleaning, immersed in solution of Incralac 5% diluted in Toluene for surface protection (Nikol Anastasatou).
Preservation description
Wear: VF+. Very slight, sparse nicking around edge and pitting.
Published as
Weir2022, p. 1141, no. 850, fig. 23.14
Axis (1-12)
6
Has denomination
Follis
Numismatic Authority
Romanus I Lecapenus (920-944)
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
24.0
Numismatic Mint
Constantinople
Numismatic Weight (g)
3.44
Obverse Description
Facing half-length figure of bearded emperor wearing crown with cross and chlamys with tablion, holding globus cruciger in left hand and labarum scepter in right hand; within thin dotted border
Obverse Inscription
☩ RⲰMAn bAS-[ILEVS RⲰn′]
Reverse Description
Imperial name in four lines within thin dotted border (traces)
Reverse Inscription
☩ RⲰmA|n′ Ⲉn ΘⲈⲰ 𝖻A|SILⲈVS R[Ⲱ]|mAI[Ⲱn]
Belongs to Historical Period
Middle Byzantine (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Photograph
Photograph