Byzantine Bronze/Copper Alloy Half follis of Constantinople

Monograph 13: Coins from the Excavations at Sardis: Their Archaeological and Economic Contexts (2018) Cat. 1006.0003
Date
512 AD - 518 AD, Byzantine
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1989.C89.0009
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
Half follis
Coin Mint
Constantinople
Issuers
Anastasius I
Officina
Ε
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
no
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
1006
Site
Sardis
Sector
MMS/N
Trench
MMS/N 89.1
B-Grid Coordinates
E127 / S31.2 *100.441
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Bust r. pd. DNANASTASIVSPPAVC; Reverse: † K off. letter.
Condition
Good
Dimensions
Weight: 8.81g; Diameter: 26mm.
Comments
heavy half-follis. As above, no star.
See Also
Bibliography
DOC I, p. 23, no. 24
Author
JDE

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