Coin Item Number: 3095/1372 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Byzantine coin of Basil I, 867-886. Obverse: three figures, standing and facing front; in middle, Basil I, wearing a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to left, Leo, his son, wearing a chlamys; to right, Constantine, another son, also wearing a chlamys; all wear a crown with cross; to left, inscription says ‘LEOnbAS’; above, it is illegible; to right, it says ‘STAϤϚϚ’. Reverse: there are five lines of inscriptions, which begin with a cross, and say ‘bAS[IL]/COnSTAn/TSLEOnEn/ΘObASIL/ROMEOn’. The inscription on the reverse roughly translates as ‘Basil, Constantine, and Leo, By the Grace of God, Kings of the Romans.’ Coin has been overstruck.
History Of Use
"Follis" (denomination); DO# 10; Sear# 1713.
Item History
- Made in Istanbul, Turkey and Constantinopolis, Turkey between 870 and 879
- Owned by David Herman before February 2, 2015
- Received from David Herman (Donor) on February 2, 2015
What
- Name
- Coin
- Identification Number
- 3095/1372
- Type of Item
- coin
- Material
- bronze metal
- Overall
- height 0.1 cm, diameter 2.8 cm
Who
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Previous Owner
- David Herman
- Received from
- David Herman (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Istanbul, Turkey and Constantinopolis, Turkey
When
- Creation Date
- between 870 and 879
- Ownership Date
- before February 2, 2015
- Acquisition Date
- on February 2, 2015
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3095/1372