follis / Bronze
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 1991.02.1230
- Object Name
- follis
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Coins
- Materials
- Bronze
- Weight
- 2.44
- Quantity
- 1
- Pierced
- no
- Inscribed
- no
- Artifact Obverse Inscription
- +CONST’bA SIL’ROM’
- Artifact Reverse Inscription
- +CON[ST’]/ENΘ[EObA]/SILEVS[R]/OMEO[N]. Overstruck on coin of Romulus I; globus crucifer and portion of headdress visible.
- Verbatim Date
- 945-c.950 AD?
- Production Site
- site
- Denomination
- follis
- Authority
- Constantine_VII_Porphyrogenitu
- Mint
- Constantinople
- Overstruck
- yes
- Countermark
- no
- Pierced
- no
- Coin Obverse Description
- Bust of Constantine VII facing, with short beard, wearing vertical loros and crown with cross; in left hand, globus crucifer; in right hand, akakia. Overstruck on coin of Romulus I; SRW of reverse inscription visible.
- Coin Obverse Inscription
- +CONST’bA SIL’ROM'
- Coin Reverse Description
- Legend
- Inscription Obverse Text
- +CONST’bA SIL’ROM’
- Publication Title
- Catalogue of the imperial Byzantine coins in the British Museum, Vol. 2
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection, Vol. 3: Leo III to Nicephorus III, 717-1081
- 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
- 174 KB
- Record
- 1991.02.1230
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1991.02.1230/1991_02_1230p02.tif
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- Manifest
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/kelsey:1991.02.1230:1991_02_1230P02.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-1991.02.1230/1991_02_1230p02.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.