Coin Item Number: 3095/1373 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 ‘LEOn’; to right and above, it says ‘CONSTAϤϚϚ’. Reverse: there are five lines of inscriptions, which begin with a cross, and say ‘b[ASIL]/[COnSTAn]/TSLEOnEn/ΘObASIL/ROMEOn’; beneath, there is another cross. 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
- 3095/1373
- Type of Item
- coin
- Material
- bronze metal
- Overall
- height 0.1 cm, diameter 3.1 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
- fair
- Accession Number
- 3095/1373