Corinth Coin: 1929 990
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1929 990
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Follis of Constantine V, Syracuse Mint (AD 751 - AD 775)
Year:   1929
Coin Number:   990
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Follis
Mint:   Syracuse
Authority:   Constantine V
Obverse Legend:   [K] on l.side; [LEON], along r. side
Obverse Type:   Half-length figures of Constantine and Leo IV, l.&r.; each wearss crown w. cross; cross above and between.
Reverse Legend:   [LEON]-D[ESP]
Reverse Type:   Half-length Leo III, facing, bearded, holds cross-on-base in r.hand.
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   2.32
Weight:   2.32
Diameter:   18
Chronology:   AD 751 - AD 775
Findspot Description:   Near Babbius Monument, bank to S.
Excavation Date: 07/12/1929
Notebook 104 (Pease), .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Reference:   BMC, p385 (type 3), pl.XLIV, 21-22; DOC III, p312-3, 19
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 0225
Image: digital 2010 0226
Image: digital 2010 0227