• m13-1207-0001-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-1207-0001-20
    Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Byzantine Bronze/Copper Alloy Follis of Constantinople

Monograph 13: Coins from the Excavations at Sardis: Their Archaeological and Economic Contexts (2018) Cat. 1207.0001
Date
613/4 AD, Byzantine
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1987.C87.0004
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
Follis
Coin Mint
Constantinople
Issuers
Heraclius
Officina
Α
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
no
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
1207
Site
Sardis
Sector
MMS
Trench
MMS-I 87.C
Locus
MMS-I 87.C Locus 54
B-Grid Coordinates
E156 / S63 *102.9
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Two standing figures JJNNhERAЄτhЄRACON; Reverse: A/N/N/O M II/II, above chi-rho, below off. letter, in ex. CON.
Condition
Good
Dimensions
Weight: 12.43g; Diameter: 30mm.
Comments
O/s on follis of Maurice, 582–602 AD, Antioch.
See Also
Bibliography
DOC II.1, p. 282, no. 79, off. Α
Author
JDE

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