Object card·SAL_0340·1965

Bronze pseudo-imperial coins imitating Constans II, Campanopetra

Bronze pseudo-imperial coins imitating Constans II, Campanopetra
Object card: 1965. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_0340. "Bronze pseudo-imperial coins imitating Constans II, Campanopetra". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Bronze follis, a pseudo-imperial imitation of the coinage of Constans II, from the Byzantine coin series, Campanopetra, Salamis. Several coins with weights of 1.13 g, 3.39 g, 2.19 g, 2.13 g, 3.14 g; diameters of 17 mm and 20 mm; one with heavy traces of overstriking and one with an almost square flan; die axis 6 h. or 5 h. Dated 651-656, 651/652 (?), Umayyad period and 659-664; squares K IV/γβ9 and M 21-20; inventory M_0117; slide C_0041; negatives 00239_05, 00245 and 27030_03; plates PL_36, PL_38 and PL_42. Inventory SAL_0340; 5 October 1965.

French, as on the record

1,13 g 6 h. // 17 mm 6 h. Importantes traces de surfrappe. // 17 mm objet : Imitations du monnayage de Constant II (« pseudo-impériales ») diapositives : C_0041 epoque : 651-656 epoque : 651/652 ? epoque : époque omeyyade inv objet : M_0117 negatif : 00239_05 negatif : 00245 negatif : 27030_03 negatif : 27030_03 pub : SAL_PUB_139890_XVI_CAT_16_0799_p_0082 pub : SAL_PUB_139890_XVI_CAT_16_0823_p_0083 pub : SAL_PUB_139890_XVI_CAT_16_0895_p_0087 pub : SAL_PUB_139890_XVI_CAT_16_1075_p_0101 pub : SAL_PUB_139890_XVI_CAT_16_0797_p_0082 chantier : Campanopétra forme : Follis objet : Monnaies byzantines caracterique : Bronze num planche : PL_36 num planche : PL_42 num planche : PL_38 epoque : 651/652 ? 3,39 g 2,19 g forme : Follis objet : Monnaies byzantines Monnaie 20 mm flan presque carré. 2,13 g epoque : 659-664 5 h 3,14 g 6 h. // 17 mm carre : K IV/γβ9 carre : M 21-20

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