follis / Bronze
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 1991.02.1284
- Object Name
- follis
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Coins
- Materials
- Bronze
- Weight
- 5.66
- Quantity
- 1
- Pierced
- no
- Inscribed
- no
- Artifact Obverse Inscription
- _ _
- in field, IC XC above lateral arms of cross
- Artifact Reverse Inscription
- [+MIX AHΛ RACIOΔ]
- Verbatim Date
- 1071-1078 AD
- Production Site
- site
- Denomination
- follis
- Authority
- Michael_VII_Ducas
- Mint
- Constantinople
- Overstruck
- yes
- Countermark
- no
- Pierced
- no
- Coin Obverse Description
- Bust of Christ facing, bearded, with cross behind head, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised before breast in blessing; left hand holds book of gospels from beneath; six-pointed stars beneath lateral arms of cross on right and [left]. Restruck on coin of Romulus IV (Sear Byz. #1866).
- Coin Obverse Inscription
- _ _
- in field, IC XC above lateral arms of cross
- Coin Reverse Description
- Bust of Michael facing, bearded, wearing modified loros with collar-piece and crown with cross and pendilia, holding in right hand labarum, in left hand a globus crucifer. Restruck.
- Inscription Obverse Text
- _ _
- in field, IC XC above lateral arms of cross
- Publication Title
- Catalogue of the imperial Byzantine coins in the British Museum, Vol. 2
- Byzantine Coins
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection, Vol. 3: Leo III to Nicephorus III, 717-1081
- Publication Author
- Wroth, Warwick
- Grierson, Philip
- Bellinger, Alfred R., Grierson, Philip and Hendry, Michael F.
- Publication Year
- 1908
- 1982
- 1966-2006
- Type Category
- Numismatic
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2272 x 1704
- File Size
- 164 KB
- Record
- 1991.02.1284
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1991.02.1284/1991_02_1284p01.tif
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- Manifest
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/kelsey:1991.02.1284:1991_02_1284P01.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-1991.02.1284/1991_02_1284p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.