The follis was originally struck at a weight between 8.5 and 11.0 grams (most between 9 and 10.5), and a theoretical weight of 32 to the pound (10.23 grams) has been suggested. C.H.V. Sutherland in Roman Imperial Coins Volume VI makes a convincing case that the follis was tariffed at 5 "denarii communes" (common denarii , today generally known ...

Mar 4, 2016 · Bronze anonymous follis, class J; SBCV 1900, F, weight 2.859 g, maximum diameter 23.29 g, die axis 180 o, Constantinople mint, c. 1081 - 1085 A.D., obverse bust of Christ facing, cross behind, wears pallium and colobium, raising right in benediction, Gospels in left, crescents in upper fields, IC - XC in lower fields; reverse Cross with globule ...

Mar 17, 2012 · Follis is certainly wrong - this was the Roman name for a *bag* of coins of value 12,5000 "denarii communes" (i.e. denarii at a time when it was just an accounting unit, no longer an actual coin denomination). I'm not sure who introduced the incorrect modern usage of this name. The name nummus is probably the best.

Billon follis (large), Hunter V 25 (also 3rd officina), RIC VI Nicomedia 55, SRCV IV 14722, Cohen VII 45, aVF, well centered, pitting, weight 5.062 g, maximum diameter 25.9 mm, die axis 180 o, 3rd officina, Nicomedia (Izmit, Turkey) mint, as caesar, 308 - 310 A.D.; obverse GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES, laureate head right; reverse GENIO CAESARIS ...

Aug 27, 2009 · What is a follis? New & Reduced; Certified Coins. Antiquities. Greek Antiquities. Roman Antiquities ...

Jul 24, 2024 · Re: Countermark on byzantine follis « Reply #1 on: July 24, 2024, 07:25:27 pm » It's one of a number of Arab countermarks described in a monograph by Schulze and Goodwin , Countermarking in Seventh Century Syria , published in three parts as …

La coniazione dei follis epigrafici si protrae per quasi due secoli e si conclude con il breve regno di Niceforo II (963-969), quando ormai l’aspetto artistico delle coniazioni, tanto per l’incisione quanto per il tondello, è decaduto significativamente. La serie epigrafica trova continuazione in una parte dei cosiddetti “follis anonimi”,

Bronze anonymous follis, Anonymous follis of Christ class A3, Grierson-NumisWiki ornaments F1d; SBCV 1818, EF, well centered, obverse legend unstruck, light corrosion and deposits, weight 9.297 g, maximum diameter 28.7 mm, die axis 180 o, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, c. 1023 - 11 Nov 1028 A.D.; obverse + EMMANOVHΛ (romanized Hebrew ...

Follis Syracuse of the 4th kind, one of the most frequent, often can only be identified with certainty when the obverse or the reverse the legend is legible. Unfortunately, in most cases the legend is present only in small part , as the coins were often smaller than the dies (and thus often much of the legend was outside the perimeter of flan ...

BZ22090. Bronze half follis, DOC I 64, SBCV 366, gVF, weight 5.212 g, maximum diameter 23.9 mm, die axis 180 o, Thessalonica (Salonika, Greece) mint, 568 - 569 A.D.; obverse D N IVSTINVS P P AV, Justin II (on left) and Sophia (on right) seated side-by-side facing on a double throne, both are nimbate, he holds a globus cruciger, she holds a cruciform scepter; reverse large K (20 nummi) between ...