Byzantine Bronze/Copper Alloy Half follis of Nicomedia
- Date
- 608/9 AD, Byzantine
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 1987.0075
- Material
- Bronze/Copper Alloy
- Object Type
- Coin
- Coin Denomination
- Half follis
- Coin Mint
- Nicomedia
- Issuers
- Phocas
- Officina
- Has Mint Mark
- no
- Has Control Mark
- no
- Has Monogram
- no
- Has Countermark
- no
- Hoard
- Monograph 13 Catalog No.
- 1189
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- MMS
- Trench
- MMS-I 87.C
- Locus
- MMS-I 87.C Locus 65
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E156.7 / S67.3 *102.11
- Description
- This coin type: Obverse: Bust facing in consular robes with mappa and †, dNFOCASPЄRPAVC; Reverse: XX Ч/II, above †, ex. NIKO, to r. unc. off.
- Condition
- Corroded
- Dimensions
- Weight: 5.46g; Diameter: 21mm.
- Comments
- o/s on decanummia of Maurice? survives.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- DOC II.1, p. 180, no. 68
- Author
- JDE