Record ID: CAM-064213
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An anonymous follis, class A2, attributed to Basil II or Romanus III, AD 976-1034. Die axis probably 8 o'clock, weight is 8.14g, diameter is 32.46mm and thickness is 2.04mm. The coin has a sub-rectangular perforation that measures 4.02mm x 3.01mm. Both sides of the flan are worn. One side seems to show a haloed bust forward facing. The other side of the flan probably originally had four lines of writing across the centre of the flan, the line closest to the perforation is extrememly worn leaving three that are visible but now illegible. The edges of the perforation bend outwards on …
Created on: Monday 26th March 2012
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Cambridgeshire Area', grid reference and parish protected.