Object card·SAL_5603·1970

Byzantine bronze follis, Temple of Zeus

Byzantine bronze follis, Temple of Zeus
Object card: 1970. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_5603. "Byzantine bronze follis, Temple of Zeus". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Bronze follis of Byzantine date, 32 mm, 9.01 g, struck over a follis of Phocas (die axis 8 o'clock). Dated 629/630, from the Temple of Zeus, square E VII/β6, Salamis, Cyprus. Inventory M_0792; 31 August 1970.

French, as on the record

chantier : Temple de Zeus forme : Follis objet : Monnaies byzantines caracterique : Bronze Monnaie 32 mm epoque : 629/630 carre : E VII/β6 8 h. Surfrappé sur un follis de Phocas. 9,01 g inv objet : M_0792 pub : SAL_PUB_139890_XVI_CAT_16_0449_p_0060

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