Object card·SAL_7546·1973

Byzantine bronze half follis, Temple of Zeus

Byzantine bronze half follis, Temple of Zeus
Object card: 1973. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_7546. "Byzantine bronze half follis, Temple of Zeus". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Bronze half follis, Byzantine coin, 23 mm, weight 6.05 g, from square E VII/δ4 in the Temple of Zeus sector at Salamis, Cyprus; inventory M_1412; epoch 595/596. Die orientation 8 h. The form of the regnal year numeral differs from the usual types; it must be a die of year 13 (officina Γ) on which a 1 was engraved to the left of the 13 to reuse the die for year 14. Negatives 27156_06, 27157_01, 06932_04 and 06932_03; 31 May 1973.

French, as on the record

chantier : Temple de Zeus objet : Monnaies byzantines caracterique : Bronze forme : Demi-follis num planche : PL_20 carre : E VII/δ4 negatif : 27156_06 negatif : 27157_01 6,05 g Monnaie en bronze 23 mm epoque : 595/596 inv objet : M_1412 negatif : 06932_04 negatif : 06932_03 pub : SAL_PUB_139890_XVI_CAT_16_0321_p_0048 8 h. La graphie du chiffre de l'année de règne est différente des types habituels. Il doit s'agir d'un coin de l'année 13 (officine Γ) sur lequel on a gravé, à gauche du chiffre 13, un 1 pour réutiliser le coin pour l'année 14.

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