Object card·SAL_5984·1970

Bronze half follis coin, Temple of Zeus

Bronze half follis coin, Temple of Zeus
Object card: 1970. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_5984. "Bronze half follis coin, Temple of Zeus". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Bronze half follis of the Byzantine period, dating 629-641, from square E VII/γ8 in the Temple of Zeus sector at Salamis, Cyprus. Diameter 24 mm, weight 4.24 g, 12 h.; traces of overstriking on a follis of the same type (perhaps). Inventory M_0954; negatives 05756_01, 05756_02, 27084_03, 27084_04, 05672_01; 15 October 1970.

French, as on the record

caracterique : Bronze forme : Demi-follis Monnaie 24 mm epoque : 629-641 num planche : PL_31 carre : E VII/γ8 4,24 g inv objet : M_0954 negatif : 05756_01 negatif : 05756_02 negatif : 27084_03 negatif : 27084_04 negatif : 05672_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139890_XVI_CAT_16_0627_p_0069 12 h. Traces de surfrappe sur un follis du même type (?). chantier : Temple de Zeus objet : Monnaies byzantines

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