COIN

Unique ID: SOM-33B0A5

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Notes:

The coin has come from a site with other 10th and 11th century material and this, and the condition of the coin, suggests it is a contemporary import and loss. The findspot is near a medieval harbour and it is probably associated with this trading activity.

Find of note status

This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: BYZANTINE
Period from: BYZANTINE
Period to: BYZANTINE
Date from: Exactly AD 913
Date to: Exactly AD 919

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 5.12 g
Diameter: 25.3 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SCC receipt 018244

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: copper Follis (40 nummi)
Ruler/issuer: Constantine VII and Romanus I
Mint or issue place: Constantinople
Obverse description: Crowned facing busts of Constantine, wearing loros, and Zoe, wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal between them
Obverse inscription: +COnS[TAnT']CE ZO[H] b
Reverse description: Legend in five lines
Reverse inscription: +COnS/[TAN]tINO' / CE ZOH bA/SILIS RO/MEON
Die axis measurement: 5 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine