KC076 (Middle Byzantine follis of Constantine VII from Constantinople) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Is Part Of

Coin Finds

Not after (date)

950

Not before (date)

945

Logical part of

Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects

Comparanda

DOCIII Constantine VII 26, pp. 565-567, pl. XXXIX (Constantinople Class 5)

Conservation

2009 (July): Cleaned mechanically (Phyllis Graham).

Contributor Notes

2024 (October): JLR refined Weir2022.

Preservation description

Wear: aVF. Extensive, slight pitting and rare surficial cracking; slightly nicked edge.

Published as

Weir2022, pp. 1140-1141, no. 849, fig. 23.13

Axis (1-12)

6

Has denomination

Follis

Numismatic Authority

Constantine VII Porphygenitus (913-959)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

27.0

Numismatic Mint

Constantinople

Numismatic Weight (g)

4.99

Obverse Description

Facing bust of emperor wearing crown and loros and holding akakia in right hand and globus cruciger in left hand; within dotted border

Obverse Inscription

[CONST] bA-SIL ROM

Reverse Description

Four-line appellation within dotted border

Reverse Inscription

+ COnS - Ⲉn θⲈO bA-SILⲈVS R-[OMⲈ]On

Chronology comment

P. Grierson (DOCIII) dates coin to 945-ca. 950 CE.

Belongs to Historical Period

Middle Byzantine (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph