• m13-1238-0001-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-1238-0001-20
    Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Byzantine Bronze/Copper Alloy Follis, class 1 of Constantinople

Monograph 13: Coins from the Excavations at Sardis: Their Archaeological and Economic Contexts (2018) Cat. 1238.0001
Date
829 AD - 830/1 AD, Byzantine
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1982.C82.0111
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
Follis, class 1
Coin Mint
Constantinople
Issuers
Theophilus
Officina
θ
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
no
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
1238
Site
Sardis
Sector
MMS
Trench
MMS-I 82.B
B-Grid Coordinates
/ *104.25
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Bust facing in chlamys and crown with cross; in r. hand patriarchal cross and in l. akakia, in l. field †; Reverse: *•ΘЄOFILbASIL X/X/X/ M N/N/N, above †, below Θ.
Condition
Fair
Dimensions
Weight: 12.32g; Diameter: 32mm.
Comments
o/s on uncertain.
See Also
Bibliography
DOC III.1, p. 433, no. 13
Author
JDE

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