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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Byzantine Coins| > |Comnen Dynasty| > |Romanus IV| > BZ71733
Byzantine Anonymous Follis of Christ, Class G, Romanus IV, 1 January 1068 - 19 August 1071 A.D.
|Romanus| |IV|, |Byzantine| |Anonymous| |Follis| |of| |Christ,| |Class| |G,| |Romanus| |IV,| |1| |January| |1068| |-| |19| |August| |1071| |A.D.|, Orans, from Medieval Latin, means one who is praying or pleading, also Orant or Orante, is a posture or bodily attitude of prayer, usually standing, with the elbows close to the sides of the body and with the hands outstretched sideways, palms up.
BZ71733. Bronze anonymous follis, Anonymous follis of Christ, DOC III-2, class G; SBCV 1867, VF, well centered, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 10.025g, maximum diameter 27.9mm, die axis 180o, 1 Jan 1068 - 19 Aug 1071 A.D.; obverse bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium, and colobium, raising right in benediction, scroll in left hand, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: Jesus Christ) across field, border of large pellets; reverse facing bust of the Virgin Orans, nimbate and wearing pallium and maphorium, MP - ΘV (Greek abbreviation: Mother of God) across field; border of large pellets; scarce; SOLD











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