Byzantine coin – HCR61303

Obverse

Inscription:

IC XC, [ ]HΛ

Design:

Bust of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and himation; clasps Gospel-book to breast with left hand

Reverse

Inscription:

IS X[ ] [ ]AS ILE [ ]S ILE

Design:

Cross

Information

Period

Byzantine

Category

Middle Byzantine coin, Byzantine Anonymous Follis

Group

Type B

Authority

Byzantium: empire

Person

Romanos III, Byzantine emperor, 1028-1034, Constantine IX, Byzantine emperor, 1042-1055, Michael IV, Byzantine emperor, 1034-1041, Michael V, Byzantine emperor, 1041-1042, Zoe, Byzantine empress, 1028-1050

Dating

c.1030/1035-1042?

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denomination

Follis

Metal

copper

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

5.77

Diameter (mm)

24.1

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

1938

Source

C.L. Woolley's hoard

broken

Reference

P. Grierson - 1973 - Catalogue of the Byzantine coins in the Dumbarton Oaks collection and the Whittemore collection. Volume Three Part II. Basil I to Nicephorus III (867-1081) : B

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, nristovska, jbaker