Record ID: SF-134CAE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Byzantine copper follis of Phocas (AD 602-10), dating to the period AD 605-10. Obv: [ … ]; Facing crowned consular bust holding mappa and cross on sceptre. Rev: Large XXXX; above ANNO; to right [regnal date]. In exergue: NIKO[ ]. Mint of Nicomedia The coin appears to have been double-struck. MIBE II, p. 192, no. 69b
Created on: Thursday 20th April 2023
Last updated: Friday 21st April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tostock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7403B7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Byzantine copper alloy follis of Justinian I (527-565 AD) dating to AD 538 to 539. Denomination (M) reverse type. Minted at Nikomedia. The condition suggests this find fhad not been on the beach long and the condition and patina suggest a modern import.
Created on: Thursday 13th July 2017
Last updated: Thursday 13th July 2017
Spatial data recorded.