Corinth Coin: 1933 1971
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1933 1971
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Follis of Michael II, Constantinople Mint (AD 821 - AD 829)
Year:   1933
Coin Number:   1971
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Follis
Mint:   Constantinople
Authority:   Michael II
Obverse Legend:   [MIXAHL - SU - EOFILOS
Obverse Type:   Busts of Michael & Theophilus, l.&r., facing, crowns w. cross; cross above and between.
Reverse Type:   M, XX[X] NN[N]
Symbol:   rev.: cross above letter, U below
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   3.84
Weight:   3.84
Diameter:   21
Chronology:   AD 821 - AD 829
Findspot Description:   Agora S.W.
Excavation Date: 03/28/1933, #13
Notebook 133 (Broneer), p.57
Card #437, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Coin notably trimmed, portrait scale different?
Reference:   BMC, p.415, 6-10; DOC III, p.398, 9?
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 0255
Image: digital 2010 0256
Image: digital 2010 0257