Description
Collection Number: WC 5614
Object Number:
Dates: 803 - 811
Denomination: Solidus
Dimensions: 20.00mm
Weight: 4.30g
Authority: Nicephorus I
Mint: Constantinople
Languages: Greek
Obverse Type: - ICI- FOROSbSIL’; Bust facing, bearded, wearing chlamys and crown with cross. In right hand cross potent on base, in left akakia
Obverse Legend:
- ICI- FOROSbSIL’
Obverse Mintmarks:
N/A
Obverse Inscription Comment: N/A
Reverse Type: SVR CIS SPO’; Bust facing, beardless, wearing chlamys and crown with cross. In right hand globus cruciger, in left akakia
Reverse Legend:
SVR-CIS SPO’
Reverse Inscription Languages: Greek
Reverse Mintmarks:
N/A
Reverse Inscription Comments: N/A
Bibliography
MIB III --
DOC III pp. 355-356 n. 2a, Plate XV
BNP p. 500 nn. 2-3, Plate LXX
BMC Byz vol. 2 p. 402 nn. 4-6, Plate XLVI,14-15
Ratto p. 87 nn. 1783-1784, Plate XLI
Sabatier pp. 74-75 n. 4, Plate XLI,17
Tolstoj p. 987 n. 7, Plate 68
cf. Sommer p. 259, n. 27.1
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