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Unique ID: WMID-8FC217

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

An incomplete struck/ hammered copper alloy Byzantinian follis of Heraclius, minted in Nicomedia during AD 611-12 (Class 1, Year 2) (diameter: 28mm; thickness: 2.5mm; weight: 10.97g).

Ref: Grierson, P, 1982, ‘Byzantine Coins’, page 359, plate 24, ref no 417.

Ref: Sear, D, R, 1987, ‘Byzantine Coins & their Values’, page 178, ref no 833. Ref: Hahn MIB III, 174

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: BYZANTINE
Period from: BYZANTINE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Post AD 610
Date to: Ante AD 611

Dimensions and weight

Thickness: 2.5 mm
Weight: 10.97 g
Diameter: 28 mm
Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 28th November 2006

Personal details

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Recorded by: Ms Caroline Johnson - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Ms Caroline Johnson - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier: Mr Sam Moorhead - [ view all attributed records]

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Uncertain [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Mint or issue place: Nicomedia (Izmit, Turkey)
Obverse description: Draped and cuirassed bust facing front with short beard, wearing helmet and holding cross.
Obverse inscription: [D.N.] HERA[L]IUS PP AV[G]
Reverse description: Large M between A/N/N/O to the left and numeral representing the regnal year; above, cross; beneath, officina letter of A and II to the right.
Reverse inscription: No other inscriptions.
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine

A resized image of Early Medieval coin: Byzantine follis of Heraclius (obverse and reverse)

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Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands
County: Warwickshire
District: North Warwickshire
Parish: Middleton

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP1898
Four figure Latitude: 52.579519 Four figure longitude: -1.735799
1:25K map: SP1898
1:10K map: SP19NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]

Adjacent Domesday Book places

Middleton

Domesday data within 2 km of discovery point is surfaced via the excellent Open Domesday website.

References cited

Sear, D R, 1987. Byzantine Coins and their Values : Seaby, pppage 178
Grierson, Philip, 1982. Byzantine Coins London : Methuen & Co Ltd, pppage 359, plate 24

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