2024-03-29T00:14:08+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/986742/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/986742/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/986742/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/986742/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/986742/format/pdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/986742/format/rdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/986742986742SOM-33B0A5PAS5E133B0A001558COIN5.1225.31SCC receipt 0182441BYZANTINE913919A Byzantine copper-alloy follis of Constantine VII (913-59), Porphyrogenitus, with Zoe dating to AD 913-19. Minted at Constantinople (Sear 1758). Ref: Sear 1974: 292.
The coin is badly chipped and corroded.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.2020-01-06 13:50:022021-07-23 20:54:113111Certain446767PAS5E133B0A0015587242SOMCounty / local importanceCopper alloy10627Struck or hammeredCompleteBYZANTINEx13731p0gjgrsg24gBYZANTINEx13731p0gjgrsg24gMetal detectorExactlyExactly98330710578106161057541427Restricted AccessST4154ST45SWWeare CP101471185Crowned facing busts of Constantine, wearing
loros, and Zoe, wearing chlamys, holding
patriarchal between them+COnS[TAnT']CE ZO[H] bLegend in five lines+COnS/[TAN]tINO' / CE ZOH bA/SILIS RO/MEON4192511111120131273copper Follis (40 nummi)Constantine VII and Romanus IConstantinopleconstantinople520985694768729393524700247329393524Constantinoplebreathy.bridge.cubex21179Worn: fineworn5 o'clockRegular1089755SOM33B0A5.jpg6646860Byzantine coin: follis of Constantine VII, Porphyrogenitus, with ZoeSomerset County Council4images/elburnett/South WestCultivated landEuropean RegionCountySomersetDistrictSedgemoorCivil Parish51.2676-2.84576Restricted AccessReturned to finder608995423