• m13-1243-0002-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-1243-0002-20
    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. 1243.0002
Date
945 AD - ca. 950 AD, Byzantine
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
2013.0005
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
Sector
F55
Trench
F55 13.2
Locus
F55 13.2 Locus 9
B-Grid Coordinates
E776.42 / S178.38 *128.27 - *128.87
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
Fair
Dimensions
Weight: 6.85g; Diameter: 25mm.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
DOC III.2, p. 565, no. 26
Author
JDE

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