• m13-1006-0001-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-1006-0001-20
    Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Byzantine Bronze/Copper Alloy Half follis of Constantinople

Monograph 13: Coins from the Excavations at Sardis: Their Archaeological and Economic Contexts (2018) Cat. 1006.0001
Date
512 AD - 518 AD, Byzantine
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1987.C87.0001
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
Half follis
Coin Mint
Constantinople
Issuers
Anastasius I
Officina
Γ
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
no
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
1006
Site
Sardis
Sector
MMS
Trench
MMS-I 87.C
Locus
MMS-I 87.C Locus 54
B-Grid Coordinates
E155 / S67.9 *103.59
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Bust r. pd. DNANASTASIVSPPAVC; Reverse: † K off. letter.
Condition
Good
Dimensions
Weight: 9.16g; Diameter: 27mm.
Comments
heavy half-follis.
See Also
Bibliography
DOC I, p. 23, no. 24
Author
JDE

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