• m13-1243-0001-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-1243-0001-20
    Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Byzantine Bronze/Copper Alloy Follis, class 5 of Constantinople

Monograph 13: Coins from the Excavations at Sardis: Their Archaeological and Economic Contexts (2018) Cat. 1243.0001
Date
945 AD - ca. 950 AD, Byzantine
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1984.C84.0040
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
Follis, class 5
Coin Mint
Constantinople
Issuers
Constantine VII and Romanos I Lekapenos
Officina
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
no
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
1243
Site
Sardis
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Bust facing in loros and crown with cross, in r. akakia and in l. gl. cr. +CONST’bASIL’ROm’; Reverse: +COnST’/ЄnΘЄObA/SILЄVSR/OMЄOn.
Condition
Good
Dimensions
Weight: 5.44g; Diameter: 27mm.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
DOC III.2, p. 565, no. 26
Author
JDE

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