Follis

31-50-390

From: Israel | Beth Shean

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 31-50-390
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Byzantine
Provenience Israel | Beth Shean
Archaeology Area CN 266, high level; Class K
Manufacture Location Carthage (uncertain)
Creator Constans II
Locus C.N. 266, high level
Period Constans II
Date Made 641-648 CE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Bronze
Iconography Constans II | Star | Cross
Description

Newell: Byzantine

“Carthage?, Constans II Constantine, 641-68 AD

Obverse: Faint traces of a facing Imperial bust.

Reverse:Cross, surmounted by a star and flanked by uncertain letters. In the exergue CRT (?)"

Outside Diameter 1.4 cm
Credit Line Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1931
Other Number 30-10-219D - Field No SF

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