Byzantine Empire, Anonymous Follis, Class B, Portrait of Christ (Attributed to Romanus III)

Includes glass top leatherette display box.

• Origin: Byzantine Empire
• Authority: Anonymous (attributed to the reign of Romanus III)
• Date: 1028 - 1034 CE
• Denomination: AE (bronze) follis
• Mint: Constantinople
• Size: 30mm, 11.12g
• Type Number: SB 1823 Class B (Byzantine Coins and Their Values, by David Sear)
• Obverse: IC-XC to right and left of bust of Christ facing with nimbate cross behind head, square in each limb of nimbus cross, holding book of gospels, a dot in centre of dotted square on book
• Reverse: IS-XS BAS-ILE BAS-ILE to left and right above and below cross with dots at the ends, on three steps.

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