Corinth Coin: 1978 100
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1978 100
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Follis of Basil I and Constantine VI, Constantinople Mint (AD 868 - AD 870)
Year:   1978
Coin Number:   100
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Follis
Mint:   Constantinople
Authority:   Basil I and Constantine VI
Obverse Legend:   [+bASI]LIOSSCOnT A[YGG]
Obverse Type:   Basil & Const. enthroned, facing, crowns w. cross: between, labrarum w. "X".
Reverse Legend:   [+bASIL(I)O] / [SCOn]S[TAn] / [TInO]SEn[U]O / bASILEISR / OMAIOn
Reverse Type:   Five-line inscription
Axis Clock:   7
Diameter:   25
Chronology:   AD 868 - AD 870
Context:   NB672 B123 P161
Findspot Description:   Forum Southwest, 63 ZY; not in fill, on surface of basket.
Excavation Date: 04/25/1978
Notebook 672, p.161, Basket 123, NB672 B123 P161, .
Area:   Forum southwest
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Obv. inscription curious? - missing last "S": "COnT" instead of "COnST."
Reference:   BMC, p.439-40, 17-20; DOC III, p.494-6, #9a.1, 9b, 9d.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 0306
Image: digital 2010 0307
Image: digital 2010 0308