Object card·SAL_0372·1965

Byzantine bronze follis, Campanopetra, 633/634

Byzantine bronze follis, Campanopetra, 633/634
Object card: 1965. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_0372. "Byzantine bronze follis, Campanopetra, 633/634". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Bronze Byzantine follis from Campanopetra, square K IV/β9; M 21, inventory M_0121, dated 633/634. Diameter 21 mm, weight 4.85 g, die axis 6 h. The irregular arrangement of the regnal year figures shows that the last 1 at lower left was added on a die of year 23, which has regular lettering, in order to be reused for year 24. Inventory M_0121; 6 October 1965.

French, as on the record

chantier : Campanopétra forme : Follis objet : Monnaies byzantines caracterique : Bronze Monnaie 21 mm num planche : PL_28 carre : K IV/β9 carre : M 21 epoque : 633/634 negatif : 27031_02 4,85 g diapositives : C_0184 inv objet : M_0121 negatif : 00239_02 negatif : 27031_01 negatif : 00239_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139890_XVI_CAT_16_0489_p_0062 6 h. La disposition irrégulière des chiffres de l'année de règne montre que le dernier 1 en bas à gauche a été rajouté sur un coin de l'année 23 (graphie régulière) pour être réutilisé pour l'année 24.

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