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Record Details

Object Identifier
1991.02.1198
Object Name
follis
Object Type
Coins
Materials
Bronze
Weight
6.69
Quantity
1
Pierced
no
Inscribed
no
Artifact Reverse Inscription
in ex., SC[L]
Verbatim Date
659-668 AD
Production Site
site
Denomination
follis
Authority
Constans_II
Mint
Syracuse
Overstruck
yes
Countermark
no
Pierced
no
Coin Obverse Description
To left, Constans II standing facing, with long beard, wearing cuirass and crown with cross; in right hand, long cross, left hand on hip; to right, Constantine IV, beardless, standing facing, wearing chlamys and crown with cross, in right hand globus crucifer(?). Coin re-struck.
Coin Reverse Description
Figures of Heraclius (left) and Tiberius (right), both beardless, wearing chlymys and crown with cross, standing facing on either side of M; above, monogram of Constans II (Sear #35). Arms of both figures indistinct.
Publication Title
Catalogue of the imperial Byzantine coins in the British Museum, Vol. 1
Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection, Vol. 2: Phocas to Theodosius III, 602-717
Byzantine Coins and Their Values
Publication Author
Wroth, Warwick
Bellinger, Alfred R., Grierson, Philip and Hendry, Michael F.
Sear, David R., Bendall, Simon and O'Hara, Michael Dennis
Publication Year
1908
1966-2006
1987
Type Category
Numismatic

Technical Details

Image Size
2272 x 1704
File Size
175 KB
Record
1991.02.1198
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1991.02.1198/1991_02_1198p01.tif

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"follis; Bronze." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1991.02.1198/1991_02_1198p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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