Record ID: BUC-6129B2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Byzantine coin of Justin II (AD 565-78), to the value of 40 nummi (one follis), Constantinople mint.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Amersham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-D28B76
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very heavily worn and corroded copper-alloy coin - possibly a Roman Republican issue or a Byzantine Follis. Measures 23.7mm in diameter, 1.6mm thick and weighs 5.56g.
Created on: Tuesday 6th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gravenhurst', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-6A6EF5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold solidus of Focas (Phocas), minted AD 607-609 in Constantinople. DOC II, pt 1, no. 10e; Hahn, MIB II, no. 9 Obverse description: draped and cuirassed facing bust in crown,holding a globus cruciger to his left (in his right hand). Obverse inscription: dN FOCAS PERP AVG (though note this final 'G' is a wavey line only) Reverse description: robed angel standing facing forward holding staff surmounted by christogram to the left (in the right hand) and a globus cruciger to the right (in the left hand) Reverse inscription: VICTORIA AVGUE (AVG is followed by upsilon epsilon…
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bossall', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-14E85
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold solidus of Justin I (518-27), VICTORIA AVGGGD, Constantinople. c.f. MIBE I, no. 3
Created on: Monday 19th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: GLO-D4B576
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze AE Follis of Leo VI (Leo the Wise or Leo the Philosopher), Byzantine emperor (886-912), Date: 866-912 AD Diameter 25mm, thickness 2mm, weight 6.52g Obverse: bust facing, with short beard, wearing crown and chlamys and holding akakia in left hand Obverse inscription: +LEOnbA S ILEVSROm' Reverse: +LEOn /EnOEObA /ILEVSR /OmEOn in four lines.
Created on: Friday 31st March 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'wedmore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-C730D3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Byzantine follis of Anastasius
Created on: Friday 11th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LVPL-9C93A2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold tremissis of the Byzantine Emperor Maurice Tiberius, 582-602, mint of Constantinople, AD 583-602. MIBE II, 20. EMC 2005.0025
Created on: Monday 23rd August 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BUC-4840C3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Byzantine copper alloy 12 nummi piece from Alexandria. EMC 2005.0027
Created on: Friday 24th September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cores End', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-BE4F95
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Byzantine coin. Denomination is a pentanummion (= 5 nummi). The emperor is Justin I, 518-527 AD.
Created on: Tuesday 12th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BH-781624
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper coin of early medieval date. The coin is a Byzantine follis (equivalent to 40 nummi) of emperor Maurice (582-602 AD). It was made at Kyzikos (present-day Turkey) in the second regnal year (583/584 AD), in the second (= B) workshop (officina) of that mint. It is slightly worn but has good surface detail. It measures 29mm diameter by 2.5mm thick and weighs 12.33g. EMC 2005.0024 [Byzantine coin] DOC I 119 MIB II 84B
Created on: Tuesday 2nd November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-9516D4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A highly unusual British find of a gold or electrum hyperpyron (= successor of the solidus) of emperors Andronikos II and Michael IX (the former's son). Constantinople mint, class IIb.P.Grierson, Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection. Vol. 5 Michael VIII to Constantine XI 1258-1453, Washington DC 1999, nos 452-454. [Byzantine coin]
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: YORYM-0BE734
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small thick copper alloy coin, probably a Byzantine nummus. [Byzantine coin]
Created on: Friday 22nd July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-69E582
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Byzantine pentanummium/five nummi piece of emperor Justinian I (527-565). The obverse is now blank but would originally have had a bust of an Emperor to the right and an inscription. On the reverse is the Greek letter epsilon or number 5, referring to the denomination of 5 nummi. There is a cross in the right of the field. It was struck between 542-565 in Constantinople. (Ref; MIBE 103b). EMC 2005.0026
Created on: Thursday 17th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'fressingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7459
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy nummus of Constans II (AD 641-668), Standing emperor and large M, Constantinople, possibly AD 655/6. cf. Dumbarton Oaks Catalogue Vol II, Part 2, p. 452, 75-76. The coin is overstruck or double-struck and this identification is tentative. This is a very unusual coin to find in Suffolk, unless it is a modern loss (e.g. from a coin collector). Particularly unusual is the fact that it is not pierced or mounted in any way.
Created on: Tuesday 27th November 2001
Last updated: Thursday 23rd August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'COCKFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-135137
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Byzantine copper anonymous follis, Type B. Struck off centre. EMC 2005.0023
Created on: Thursday 29th April 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: IOW-0518E0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A worn and corroded Byzantine copper-alloy Follis, probably of Tiberius II Constantine, 578-582; Large M (with rounded top), between [ANNO] and (GI?); above [cross]; Antioch, probably 580-581; Mintmark: THEUP'. Reference: Hahn, MIBE II, cf. no. 47. Obv. ...CO...; Unclear crowned (type unclear) facing bust, holding eagle-tipped sceptre Rev. Large M (with rounded top), between [ANNO] and (GI?); above [cross]
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2011
Last updated: Thursday 17th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-8206C4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
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
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-1C01E3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Copper Byzantine pentanummium (5 nummi) (c.AD 498-641) with facing helmeted bust on the obverse and possibly a large E or Monogram type with a cross on the reverse, both obscured by fossil accretion, which looks like pale corrosion product. There is a large variety of pentanummia from the reigns of Justinian I (527-565) to Heraclius (610-641). The coin is most likely to have come from this period (Sam Moorhead pers comm).
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 13th March 2012
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: KENT-4A75B3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Copper alloy half follis of Maurice Tiberius, 582-602. Constantinople, c. 587-8. Obv. D N MAVRC TIb AVG; facing crowned bust, hdg cross. Rev. Large K; above cross; below, B?; to r., prob G (= year 6) Reference: Hahn, MIB II, p. 115, 70C / J6
Created on: Tuesday 14th October 2008
Last updated: Monday 27th June 2016
No spatial data available.

Record ID: KENT-4AA7E2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A Copper alloy half follis of Maurice Tiberius, 582-602 Constantinople, c. 587-8. Obv. D N MAVRC TIb AVG; facing crowned bust, hdg cross. Rev. Large K; above cross; below, B?; to r., prob G (= year 6) Ref. Hahn, MIB II, p. 115, 70C / J6
Created on: Tuesday 14th October 2008
Last updated: Monday 27th June 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-F1AD16
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Base-silver (billon) trachy of the Latin Rulers of Constantinople (AD 1204-61) Constantinople Obv. [IC XC]; Facing bust of Christ, nimbate Rev. [A X / A M]; The Archangel Michael standing facing Dumbarton Oaks Catalogue IV, p. 683, 16.1ff.
Created on: Sunday 24th March 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 29th May 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-F1C3E6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy decanummium of Justinian I (AD 527-65) Mint of Carthage, AD 540/1 Obv. [D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG]; Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed right Rev. Large I; above, cross; to left, ANNO; to right X / IIII Mintmark; -//[CA]R MIBE I, p. 160, no. 199; BMC 390-3;
Created on: Sunday 24th March 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 29th May 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-A366F7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A worn copper alloy Byzantine follis of Heraclius (AD 610-41), struck at Constantinople, c. AD 629-31. The obverse shows Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine standing; the reverse a large M (40 nummi) and the officina (workshop) letter Δ and cross, other script being illegible. W. Hahn, Moneta Imperii Byzantini (1981), p. 225 / pl. 11 / Table 3, cf. no. 164a; cf Dumbarton Oaks Catalogue Vol Two, Part 1, pp. 297, cf. no. 106d.
Created on: Wednesday 8th May 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 30th April 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-6B083E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete and corroded Byzantine copper follis, probably of Justinian I (AD 527-65), dating to the period c. AD 527-37. Mint of Constantinople. Mintmark: Gamma // CON Obverse: [ ... ](INI?) - (ANV?)[ ... ]; Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed right Reverse: Large M, between star and cross; above, cross Diameter: 29.6mm. Weight: 16.57g. DA=12:1. MIBE I, cf Justinian no. 84; Sear, Byzantine Coins and their values, p. 59, cf. 158
Created on: Friday 3rd July 2015
Last updated: Monday 6th July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-482D97
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Byzantine Anonymous Follis Class B attributed to Romanus III (AD 1028-34). IS IX / bAS-ILE / bASILE in angles of a cross reverse type. Mint of Constantinople. Sear, Byzantine Coins and their values, p. 377, no. 1823
Created on: Tuesday 24th November 2015
Last updated: Friday 12th February 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-0BF1DE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn copper-alloy coin of uncertain type, possibly a Byzantine coin of uncertain Emperor, c.5th-10th centuries AD? The coin has a flattened oval shaped flan that has been folded at one end, with one face illegible due to post-depositional damage and wear. This is possibly a core from a plated gold(?) Byzantine coin rather than a copper-alloy coin.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd February 2015
Last updated: Friday 17th July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-EF7429
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Wokingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy half follis of Justinian I (527-65) Mint of Constantinople, AD 550-1 Obv. (D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG or similar); Facing crowned and cuirassed bust, holding cross on globe Rev. Large K; to left ANNO; to right X II II; above, cross; below, unclear officinal letter
Created on: Monday 16th June 2014
Last updated: Monday 16th June 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-426C9D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Published
Worn and pierced copper-alloy late Early Medieval Byzantine anonymous follis attributed to Constantine IX (1042-1055) of Class D (c.1050-60; Sear 1836). The obverse shows Christ in majesty with Jesus, nimbate, with pallium and colobrium, seated on throne, holding the Book of Gospels. The reverse has three lines of text reading IS-XS/bASILE/bASIL (Jesus Christ, King of Kings). Ref: Sear 1987, 378. The piercing is a neat if slightly irregular oval located directly above the figure of Christ/directly below the inscription suggesting that the piercing was intended to convert the coin i…
Created on: Thursday 25th September 2014
Last updated: Thursday 11th June 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wingerworth Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3175A4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Byzantine 2/3rd miliaresion of Isaac I, c.1057-1059 AD. Mint of Constantinople. As Dumbarton Oaks Vol III, Pt 2, p. 763, no. 4
Created on: Tuesday 17th February 2015
Last updated: Friday 2nd October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wilby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-1C2AF1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Redcar and Cleveland
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Byzantine anonymous follis, Class B, attributed to Romanus III (AD 1028-1034) or Michael IV (AD 1034-1041), possibly dating to the period c.AD 1030-1042. Obverse: [+ƐΜΜΑ NOVHΛ], Bust of Christ facing, bearded, with cross nimbus, wearing a tunic and himation, right hand raisedin blessing, left hand holding book. In field [IC-XC]. Reverse: IS XS/bAS IL[Ɛ]/bAS IL[Ɛ], A cross on base and two steps, pellet at each end of upper arms. Mint of Constantinople. As Dumbarton Oaks III, p. 676-677. The findspot of this coin, in a garden, suggests it is a modern rather than…
Created on: Friday 20th July 2018
Last updated: Friday 20th July 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-80689D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A somewhat worn modified silver half-siliqua of Justinian I (AD 527-565) dating to c. AD 552-565. Obverse: diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, [....]ANVS P AVG. Reverse: staurogram on globe flanked by two stars, all within a laurel wreath (no legend). Mint of Ravenna. C.f DOC 339, Ranieri 361. This coin appears to have been turned into a pendant, demonstrating two adjacent sub-circular perforations directly behind the bust. Date: c. AD 552-565 Dimensions: Diameter: 13.87mm, weight: 0.77g. Discussion: The use of Byzantine coins as jewellery/pendants is r…
Created on: Friday 23rd November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-E26C6E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Byzantine Copper alloy Follis of Anastasius, Justin I or Justinian I, Mint of Constantinople dating to AD 512-38 Obverse: [ ]; Unclear diademed bust right Reverse: Large M; above, cross; to left, star; to right, star; below, [?]; Mintmark: CON Dimensions: diameter: 34.33mm; weight: 16.75g
Created on: Friday 29th September 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-9511B2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy follis of Leo VI (AD 886-912). Mint of Constantinople. Cf. Dumbarton Oaks 8; BMC Byzantine 8; Sear 1729 Obv. + LϵON bASILEVS ROM’; Facing bust of Leo, wearing crown and chlamys, and holding akakia in left hand Rev. + LϵON / ϵn ΘϵO bA/SILEVS R / OmϵOn in four lines.
Created on: Friday 28th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 6th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: FASAM-51B560
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Byzantine assarion of Andronicus II and Michael IX, struck at Constantinople, AD 1295-1320. Obv. [ ... ]; Andronicus on left, Michael on right, holding labarum between them Rev. [ ]; ?Virgin Mary, orans Grierson, Byzantine Coins (1982), p. 384 / pl. 93, cf. no. 1486; Sear p. 457, cf. no. 2437
Created on: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-A720E8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
An extremely worn Byzantine follis (40 nummi) coin of Constans II (AD 641-668), dating to c. AD 662-8. Mint of Syracuse. W. Hahn Moneta Imperii Byzantini III, no. 210; Sear p. 223, no. 1110. Obv. Constans standing on left, holding long cross; Constantine IV standing on right, holding cross on globe Rev. Large M; above, monogram (see Sear p. 32, no. 35); below, SCL; to left, Heraclius standing holding cross on globe; to right, Tiberius standing, holding cross on globe.
Created on: Tuesday 11th May 2021
Last updated: Monday 6th September 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: FASAM-C316BB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Byzantine Follis, probably of Maurice Tiberius (AD 582-602). Obverse: [ ]; Facing crowned bust with pendula, holding globus cruciger in right hand; nothing else clear Reverse: Large M; above, (cross); to left, ANN[O]; to right [?] See MIBE II, pl. 22, 65Bff for possible type.
Created on: Thursday 8th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 21st August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FASAM-C36EB5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Byzantine Follis of Phocas (AD 602-10). Mint of Constantinople, AD 606-7. Obverse: d N FOC ... AVG; Facing crowned bust, wearing consular robes and holding mappa and cross. [Also evidence of under-type or over-strike] Reverse: Large XXXX; obave, ANNO; to left, ?over-struck G regnal year = 607-8; to right, u (regnal year 5 = AD 606-7) Mintmark: CONΓ MIBE II, no. 61a
Created on: Thursday 8th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 19th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FASAM-A982A3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Byzantine half follis, probably of Phocas (AD 602-10), possibly Mint of Constantinople. Obverse: [ ]; Facing crowned bust (details unclear, but probably holding mappa and cross) Reverse: Large XX; other details unclear MIBE II, pl. 34, c. nos. 65b-c
Created on: Monday 19th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 19th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FASAM-A9D9BD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Byzantine follis of Justin II (AD 565-78), Mint of Constantinople, probably dated to AD 575-6. Obverse: [ ] .... P P; Justin and Sophia seated facing; possibly a dot above their heads (struck off centre) Reverse: Large M; cross above; to left, ANNO; to right, (X / I? = regnal year 11) Mintmark: Γ // CON MIBE II, 43a.
Created on: Monday 19th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 19th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FASAM-AA3FD5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Byzantine cut quarter follis, probably of Phocas (AD 602-10). Mint unclear. Obverse: [ ]; traces of facing crowned bust Reverse: [X]XXX; above [AN]N[O]; to right, ?; mintmark unclear MIBE II, pl. 33 cf. no. 61a ff for possible type.
Created on: Monday 19th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 19th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.