Obverse: two frontal busts of soldiers, each wearing a cross on his helmet, separated by a cross. Reverse: an I surmounted by a cross potent flanked by Left: [symbol, a vertical line]; Right: [symbol resembling capital beta] below in ex. [four symbols, the first two being dots, the second resembling epsilon, and the fourth resembling lowercase xi] Denomination: 12 nummi Size: 1.8 cm Weight: 6.0 g Condition: fair Content: AE Provenience: Naga-ed-Der, Egypt. Hoard of 68 coins (6-23121-88) Mint Date: Alexandria Heraclitus 610-14 A.D. Reference: Warwick Wroth. Byzantine Coins.
Collection place:
Uncertain tomb and cemetery, Naga-ed-Der, Upper Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Egypt; Nada-ed-Der
Culture or time period:
Byzantine (395-1453 AD) and Coptic Egypt (312–641 AD)