KC096 (Early Byzantine follis of Phocas from Antioch-Theupolis) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Is Part Of
Coin Finds
Not after (date)
606
Not before (date)
605
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Comparanda
DOCII Phocas 86.3-5, p. 188
Conservation
2009 (July): Cleaned mechanically (P. Graham).
Preservation description
Wear: aEF. Several sharp chips around edge.
Published as
Weir2022, p. 1140, no. 848, fig. 23.13
Axis (1-12)
12
Has denomination
Follis
Numismatic Authority
Phocas (602-610)
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
28.0
Numismatic Mint
Antioch on the Orontes
Numismatic Weight (g)
8.83
Obverse Description
Two facing full-length figures, robed and crowned, to left Phocas holding globus cruciger, and to right Leontia holding scepter with cross; above, cross; within dotted border
Obverse Inscription
D N FOCA - NE PE AV (initial D is retrograde)
Reverse Description
Denomination, date, and mintmark within dotted border
Reverse Inscription
Large Μ; above, cross; to left and right, A|N|N|O - II|II; in exergue, 𝗍HⲈUP
Associated with Burial Context
Koutsongila Grave 65
Chronology comment
605/606 CE
Explanation of deposition
Possibly funerary offering with burial but displaced during WWII from inside cist.
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Byzantine (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Leontia (empress, 602-610)
In Excavated Unit
Locus TRB0914-003
Location in unit
Mixed colluvium contaminated by WWII ditch above grave 65.
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph