• m13-1237-0001-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-1237-0001-20
    Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Byzantine Bronze/Copper Alloy Follis, class 2 of Constantinople

Monograph 13: Coins from the Excavations at Sardis: Their Archaeological and Economic Contexts (2018) Cat. 1237.0001
Date
803 AD - 811 AD, Byzantine
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
2005.0001
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
Follis, class 2
Coin Mint
Constantinople
Issuers
Nikephoros I
Officina
A
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
no
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
1237
Site
Sardis
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Busts of emperors facing, each in chlamys and crown topped by cross, between †, no legend; Reverse: X/X/X/ M N/N/N, above †, below A.
Condition
Fair
Dimensions
Weight: 3.86g; Diameter: 24mm.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
DOC III.1, p. 358, no. 5
Author
JDE

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