Follis

The follis (plural folles) was a large bronze coin introduced in about 294 (actual name of this coin is unknown [1]) with the coinage reform of Diocletian. It weighed about 10 grams and was about 4% silver, mostly as a thin layer on the surface.

The quarter-follis coin denomination of the Roman Empire, 305-306 AD.
The second tetrarchy. Coins of Maximian, Galerius, Constantius I, Maximin II, and Severus II.

Jupiter Reverses, Follis
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Ce follis ou nummus est taillé au 1/72e livre. Il est antérieur à la réforme de 313 qui abaissa le poids du follis au 1/96e livre.

Follis - large bronze coin of about 295 A.D to 320 A.D, but a good deal smaller than the sestertius (which was no longer being struck by this time).

Follis Roman base silver coin issued by Emperor Diocletian. A copper coin of of Byzantine empire.
Gros (Grosso) A large silver coin of european nations.
Griffin Greek mythological being with a body of a lion, wings and head of an eagle.

Follis
The name often given to the large, ancient Roman silver-washed billon coin first issued by Diocletian in 296 AD.

follis: A Roman and Byzantine coin denomination; plural is folli.
fractional: Referring to bullion coins, those of less that 1 ounce.

Follis: The basic denomination of Byzantine bronze coinage. The follis was valued at 40 nummi and 180 folles equaled 1 solidus.

Follis, pl. folles
Bronze Byzantine coin
Gros tournois or groat, pl. gros tournois or groats ...

Follis - A coin introduced during the monetary reforms of Diocletian in 296. It was of bronze with a light wash of silver. It was discontinued in about 325. Also the name of a bronze coin used in the Byzantine Empire.

A Follis of
Constantine the Great
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The follis soon declined both in weight and size and in A.D. 312 Constantine the Great reorganized the coinage once more, the new system being based on the gold solidus of which seventy-two were coined from a pound of gold and the silver siliqua, ...

Silvered follis, RIC 20,choiceVF, 7.4g, 26.1mm, 0o, Alexandria mint, 295-296 A.D.

Leo VI, AE Follis, 886-912, Constantinople
+LEOn bAS_ILEVS ROM'
Bust of Leo VI facing, wearing short beard, crown and chlamys, akakia in left hand
+LEOn / En QEO bA / SILEVS R / OmEOn
Legend in four lines
27mm x 28mm, 6.36g
SB 1729 ...

On a bronze follis of Basil II, the Christ projected is all powerful, reigning over all subjects (Figure 24-A). The same Christ Pantocrator or ruler of the Universe, appears in the 11th century apse of Daphne (Figure 24-B).

*28356---AE Follis (3.74) Thessalonica .Similar, *T*S*H* in ex. . RIC-6, 60. GVF+. $50 [image]
*26454 Constantine, the Great. 307-337. AE Reduced Follis of London . Bust r/ Sol stg left, PLN in ex. As SR-3868. VF, tooled. $30 [image] ...

Constantius I Follis. GENIO POPVLI ROMANO P*, Genius standing left with modius on head, chlamys over shoulder, holds cornucopia and patera from which liquor flows.
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This Licinius half follis has most everything - the palladium, an eagle with a wreath in its beak, and a captive on the right.
RIC VII 52 (Heraclea), 321-324 AD ...

Maximianus, AD286-305, AE Follis. Bust rt./SACR MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR, Moneta stands left with scales, AQP in exergue, Aquileia mint, ca AD303, RIC37b(S).

The Byzantine monetary system changed during the 7th century when the 40 nummi (also known as the follis The follis (plural folles) was a large bronze coin introduced in about 294 with the coinage reform of Diocletian.

Bronze Follis.
There is some debate over who issued these coins. Some references attribute them to Stephen IV between AD 1162 and 1163, in which case the Bela seated by sides him has to be Bela II,who died in 1141.

AE follis. Leo enthroned facing, wearing crown and loros, and holding labarum and akakia. Throne has curved arm and ornamental back / Four lines of text which translate to Leo, by the grace of god, King of the Romans. (Sear Byz. 1728) VF.

When you're on a quest for that perfect Justin II Follis Nikomedia Byzantine coin, remember to be polite.

ranging from AE 4 up to follis size (mostly antoniniani, AE 3 and smaller folles).
A few Roman provincials and fourreé denarii have also been found in the group.
You will receive a lot of three coins chosen at random from this group.

Justinian I 527-565 CE Æ Half Follis (6.40 gms)
Obv: D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVI, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and carrying shield decorated with horseman spearing a fallen enemy; cross in right field ...

The coin pictured below is a silvered bronze follis of Constantius I 305-306AD. The odd appearing color derives from an appox 4% silver mixture.

Heraclius countermark (Sicilian origin) over full sized follis of Anastasius
Sicilian Countermark of Heraklius on reduced follis of Heraclius ...

This had nothing to do with the original denarius -- nor did the term he used for a half of the new coin, obolos, which was an old coin of Athens, and a name that also had been applied to half a follis.

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