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Unique ID: SUR-8206C4
Object type certainty: Certain
A worn medieval Byzantine follis.
Type: anonymous follis (4.44 gm), DOC III, p.702-4, Class K; Sear 1901
Dates: Pre-Reform type (second coinage), c.1087-1092, DOC IV p 212
Notes:
DOC in both cases refers to 'Catalogue of the Byzantine coins in the Dumbarton Oaks collection and in the Whittemore collection'
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BYZANTINE
Period from: BYZANTINE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: BYZANTINE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1087
Date to: Circa AD 1092
Dimensions and weight
Weight: 3.41 g
Quantity: 1
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: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: copper Follis (40 nummi) [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Ruler/issuer: Anonymous Folles [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Obverse description: Bust of Christ facing, holding book of gospels, nimbus with single pellet in each cross arm, border of large pellets.
Reverse description: The Virgin standing facing, orans, nimbate, wearing pallium and maphorium, border of large pellets.
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial data
Region: South East And London
County: Greater London
District: Bromley
Parish: Beckenham
Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TQ3670
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From finder
Grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Other [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Recreational usage [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st July 2011 - Sunday 31st July 2011
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mr David W Williams
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Identified by: Dr John Naylor - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier: Mr Robert Webley - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Other reference: 11-871
References cited
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Audit data
Created:
Wednesday 26th October 2011
Updated: Wednesday 21st March 2012
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