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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Coin | |
| Name: | 2009 61 | |
| Title: | Byzantine Copper/Bronze Follis of Constantine VII (AD 950 - AD 959) | |
| Year: | 2009 | |
| Coin Number: | 61 | |
| Period: | Byzantine | |
| Material: | AE | |
| Denomination: | follis | |
| Authority: | Constantine VII | |
| Dynasty: | Macedonian | |
| Obverse Legend: | +CONSTCE]ROM[ANB]ROM | |
| Obverse Type: | Bust of Constantine, facing, wearing modified loros and crown with cross; to r. smaller bust of Romanus II, facing, wearing traditional loros and crown with cross; between they hold globus with cross with X in center | |
| Reverse Type: | Four line inscription: +CONST / [CER]OMAN / [ENXRI]ST / [B]ROMEO | |
| Axis Clock: | 12 | |
| Weight Description: | 3.81 | |
| Weight: | 3.81 | |
| Diameter: | 28 | |
| Chronology: | AD 950 - AD 959 | |
| Context: | Nezi Field, context 496 | |
| Findspot Description: | Nez 496i; from sieve Excavation Date: 4/30/2009 Basket 496, Nezi Field, context 496, . | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Notes: | MJ Dewey-Gallimore Class 6 | |
| Reference: | DOC 3.2 p. 568-9, pl. 39, 27; Grierson p. 368, pl. 46, 826 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Image: digital 2009 1516 Image: digital 2009 1517 Basket: Nezi Field, context 496 |
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