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Anonymous Folles Class G, sbcv 1867Attributed to Romanus IV
Obv: IC-XC to left and right of bust of Christ, nimbate, facing, right hand raised, scroll in left, all within border of large dots
Rev: MP-ΘV to left and right of Mary, nimbate, hands raised, all inside border of large dots.
Mint- Constantinople
Date 1068-1071
sbcv 1867
5.85g, 28mm
wileyc
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Anonymous folles, Class I, SBVC1889Attributed to Nicephorus III
Obv: Bust of Christ holding book of gospels.
Rev: Latin cross with X at center, floral ornament in upper fields on both sides with crescents.
Mint:Debatable Constantinople?
Date: 1078-1081
26/5.69g
SBVC1889
wileyc
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Anonymous folles Class I, SBVC1889Attributed to Nicephorus III
Obv: Bust of Christ holding book of gospels.
Rev: Latin cross with X at center, floral ornament in upper fields on both sides with crescents.
Mint:Debatable Constantinople?
Date: 1078-1081
21mm/4.25g
SBVC1889
wileyc
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Class A2, sb1813 attributed to joint reign of Basil II and Constantine VIII, 976-1025 CEObverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross with various ornaments in each limb.. pallium and colobium, and holding books of Gospels.
Reverse: +IhSyB / XRISTUS/ bASILEy/bASILE - in 4 lines, Greek legend, "Jesus Christ, King of Kings.
Mint: Constantinople though Metclaf states several provincial mints within this group. some with rev legend differences.
Date: 976-1025 CE
SB 1813 Class A2
29mm, 13.42gg
wileyc
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Class A1, sb1793 attributed to the reign of John I (969- 976 CE)OBVERSE: +EMMANOVHA. Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cr. (two pellets in each limb of cross), pallium and colobium, and holding book of Gospels (cover ornamented with pellet in border of dots) with both hands. IC; to r., XC barred.
Reverse: +IhSUS/XRISTUS/bASILEU/bASILE four lines.
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 969-976 CE
SB 1793 Class A1
26mm, 5.00g
-
These have smaller thin flans and are frequently overstruck on folles of Nicephorus II or Constantine VII, They lack the ornaments above and below the reverse inscription which characterize the succeeding class.
wileyc
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Class I, sb1889 attributed to Nicephorus III (1078-1081 CE)Obverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium, and raising r. hand in benediction; in l., hand scroll ; to l., IC to r., XC barred.
Reverse: Latin cross, with X at centre and globule and two pellets at each extremity; in lower field on either side floral ornament; in upper field, on either side, crescent.
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 1078-1081 CE
SB 1889, Class I
24mm, 5.47g g
wileyc
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Class A2, sb1813 attributed to joint reign of Basil II and Constantine VIII, 976-1025 CEObverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross with various ornaments in each limb.. pallium and colobium, and holding books of Gospels.
Reverse: +IhSyB / XRISTUS/ bASILEy/bASILE - in 4 lines, Greek legend, "Jesus Christ, King of Kings.
Mint: Constantinople though Metclaf states several provincial mints within this group. some with rev legend differences.
Date: 976-1025 CE
SB 1813 Class A2
orn-40b
30mm, 14.59g
wileyc
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Class A2, sb1813 attributed to joint reign of Basil II and Constantine VIII, 976-1025 CEObverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross with various ornaments in each limb.. pallium and colobium, and holding books of Gospels.
Reverse: +IhSyB / XRISTUS/ bASILEy/bASILE - in 4 lines, Greek legend, "Jesus Christ, King of Kings.
Ornamentation #47
Mint: Constantinople though Metclaf states several provincial mints within this group. some with rev legend differences.
Date: 976-1025 CE
SB 1813 Class A2
28mm, 8.81g
Clipped
wileyc
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Class A2, sb1813 attributed to joint reign of Basil II and Constantine VIII, 976-1025 CEObverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross with various ornaments in each limb.. pallium and colobium, and holding books of Gospels.
Reverse: +IhSyB / XRISTUS/ bASILEy/bASILE - in 4 lines, Greek legend, "Jesus Christ, King of Kings.
Mint: Constantinople though Metclaf states several provincial mints within this group. some with rev legend differences.
Date: 976-1025 CE
SB 1813 Class A2
32mm, 13.96g
wileyc
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Class A3, sb1818 attributed to Constantine VIII (1025-1028 CE)Obverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross with various ornaments in each limb.. pallium and colobium, and holding books of Gospels.
Reverse: +IhSyB / XRISTUS/ bASILEy/bASILE - in 4 lines, Greek legend, "Jesus Christ, King of Kings.
Mint: Constantinople though Metclaf states several provincial mints within this group. some with rev legend differences.
Date: 976-1025 CE
SB 1818 Class A3
28mm, 10.09g

Class A3 in this case is presented a a group intermediate in weight between Classes A1 and A3 generally considered around 9-10g. Originally classed by D. M. Metcalf he feels that the weight reduction from Class A2 may have been around 1020 CE. Phillip Grierson with Dumbarton Oaks Catalogue does not separate Class A3 from class A2.
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sb1813 or 1818 poss provincial mint/clipped/blunderedObv:+EMMA NOVHL,
IC XC across field, facing bust of Christ,
nimbate, raising hand in benediction, holding
Gospels; nimbus with ? in arms of cross
Rev:+IhSUS
XRISTUS bASILEU' bASILE' in four lines
Unrecorded ornamentation
Mint:?
976-1025

23mm
6.78g
sbvc 1813 or 1818
wileyc
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Class E, sb1855, attributed to Constantine X, 1059-1067 CEObverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium, and holding book of Gospels with both hands; to L., IC to r., XC, barred.
Reverse: IS XS/bASILE/basil in three lines
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 1059-1067 CE
25mm, 8.16g
SB 1855 Class E follis
wileyc
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Class F follis, sb1856 attributed to Constantine X 1059-1067 CEObverse: Christ seated facing on throne without back, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium and raising r. hand in benediction; in l. hand, book of gospels; in field to l., IC to r. XC both barred.
Reverse: IS XS/bASILE/bASIL in three lines -+- above, + below.
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 1059-1067 CE
SB 1856 class F
28mm, 10.04g
wileyc
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Class A3, sb1818 attributed to Constantine VIII (1025-1028 CE)Obverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross with various ornaments in each limb.. pallium and colobium, and holding books of Gospels.
Reverse: +IhSyB / XRISTUS/ bASILEy/bASILE - in 4 lines, Greek legend, "Jesus Christ, King of Kings.
Mint: Constantinople though Metclaf states several provincial mints within this group. some with rev legend differences.
Date: 976-1025 CE
SB 1818 Class A3
30mm, 9.84gg
Ornamentation style unclear
wileyc
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Class B follis, sb1823 attributed to Romanus III, 1028-1034 CEObv: Bust of Christ, nimbus cross square in each limb. book of gospels ornamented.
Reverse: Cross with pellet at each extremity stg. on three steps; in field above transverse limbs of cross. IS_XS beneath limbs bAS-ILE-ILE
Mint-Constantinople
Date: 1028-1034
SB 1823 class b
29mm, 9.91g
wileyc
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Class G, sb1867 attributed to Romanus IV 1068-1071 CEObverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium, and raising r. hand in benediction; in l., hand scroll ; to l., IC to r., XC barred.
Reverse: Facing bust of virgans roans, nimbate and wearing palladium and maphorium; to l., MP to r., OV; border of large pellets.
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 1068-1071 CE
SB 1867 Class G
24mm, 7.68g
-The depiction of the Virgin Mary with her hands upraised in prayer ("orans") is of very ancient origin in Christian art. In the mausoleum of St Agnes in Rome is a depiction dating to the 4th century which depicts the Theotokos with hands raised in prayer and the infant Jesus sitting upon her knees. There is also an ancient Byzantine icon of the Mother of God "Nikopea" from the 6th century, where the Virgin Mary is depicted seated upon a throne and holding in her hands an oval shield with the image of "Emmanuel"

s the Virgin appears to be praying –her arms are extended outward- this icon type is also called the Virgin Orans. The title Orans (a person praying) comes from a type of non-narrative symbolic figure with outstretched arms we find in the catacombs and on sarcophagi (used in other situations, as well). Such figures –always female- were common in pagan imagery and were thought to symbolize filial piety. They were used, in funerary art, to represent the human soul (also thought to be female) of a deceased person. The early Christians adopted the figure for the same symbolic reason. Some art historians are of the opinion that the so called “orans” (or orant) figure also symbolized the whole Church at prayer. For this reason, the Virgin Orans is sometimes understood to be Mary, in her role as image of the Church, bringing Christ to the world and interceding for mankind with her Son. Orans or orant are generic terms now often used to describe any person in life or art praying with outstretched arms.
wileyc
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Class G, sb1867 attributed to Romanus IV 1068-1071 CEObverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium, and raising r. hand in benediction; in l., hand scroll ; to l., IC to r., XC barred.
Reverse: Facing bust of virgans roans, nimbate and wearing palladium and maphorium; to l., MP to r., OV; border of large pellets.
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 1068-1071 CE
SB 1867 Class G
25mm, 9.71g
-The depiction of the Virgin Mary with her hands upraised in prayer ("orans") is of very ancient origin in Christian art. In the mausoleum of St Agnes in Rome is a depiction dating to the 4th century which depicts the Theotokos with hands raised in prayer and the infant Jesus sitting upon her knees. There is also an ancient Byzantine icon of the Mother of God "Nikopea" from the 6th century, where the Virgin Mary is depicted seated upon a throne and holding in her hands an oval shield with the image of "Emmanuel"

s the Virgin appears to be praying –her arms are extended outward- this icon type is also called the Virgin Orans. The title Orans (a person praying) comes from a type of non-narrative symbolic figure with outstretched arms we find in the catacombs and on sarcophagi (used in other situations, as well). Such figures –always female- were common in pagan imagery and were thought to symbolize filial piety. They were used, in funerary art, to represent the human soul (also thought to be female) of a deceased person. The early Christians adopted the figure for the same symbolic reason. Some art historians are of the opinion that the so called “orans” (or orant) figure also symbolized the whole Church at prayer. For this reason, the Virgin Orans is sometimes understood to be Mary, in her role as image of the Church, bringing Christ to the world and interceding for mankind with her Son. Orans or orant are generic terms now often used to describe any person in life or art praying with outstretched arms.
wileyc
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Class I, sb1889 attributed to Nicephorus III (1078-1081 CE)Obverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium, and raising r. hand in benediction; in l., hand scroll ; to l., IC to r., XC barred.
Reverse: Latin cross, with X at centre and globule and two pellets at each extremity; in lower field on either side floral ornament; in upper field, on either side, crescent.
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 1078-1081 CE
SB 1889, Class I
25mm, 3,84g
wileyc
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Class A3, sb1818 attributed to Constantine VIII (1025-1028 CE)Obverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross with various ornaments in each limb.. pallium and colobium, and holding books of Gospels.
Reverse: +IhSyB / XRISTUS/ bASILEy/bASILE - in 4 lines, Greek legend, "Jesus Christ, King of Kings.
Mint: Constantinople though Metclaf states several provincial mints within this group. some with rev legend differences.
Date: 976-1025 CE
SB 1818 Class A3
29mm, 8.41g
Ornamentation style unclear

Class A3 in this case is presented a a group intermediate in weight between Classes A1 and A3 generally considered around 9-10g. Originally classed by D. M. Metcalf he feels that the weight reduction from Class A2 may have been around 1020 CE. Phillip Grierson with Dumbarton Oaks Catalogue does not separate Class A3 from class A2.
wileyc
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Class C follis, sb1825, attributed to Michael IV, 1034-1041 CEObverse: EMMANOVHA - Three -quarter length of Christ Antiphonetes standing facing, wearing nimbus cr. pallium and colobium, raising rt hand in benediction in L. hand book of Gospels, in field to L., IC barred, to r., XC barred.
Reverse: IC-XC/ NI-KA - Jewelled cross with pellet at each end divides inscription into four equal parts, IC--XC/NI--KA
Mint: Contantinople
Date: 1034-1041 CE
29mm, 5.20g
SB 1825 Class C follis
wileyc
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Class I, sb1889 attributed to Nicephorus III (1078-1081 CE)Obverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium, and raising r. hand in benediction; in l., hand scroll ; to l., IC to r., XC barred.
Reverse: Latin cross, with X at centre and globule and two pellets at each extremity; in lower field on either side floral ornament; in upper field, on either side, crescent.
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 1078-1081 CE
SB 1889, Class I
25mm, 4.63 g
wileyc
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Class A2, sb1813 attributed to joint reign of Basil II and Constantine VIII, 976-1025 CEObverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross with various ornaments in each limb.. pallium and colobium, and holding books of Gospels.
Reverse: +IhSyB / XRISTUS/ bASILEy/bASILE - in 4 lines, Greek legend, "Jesus Christ, King of Kings.
Mint: Constantinople though Metclaf states several provincial mints within this group. some with rev legend differences.
Date: 976-1025 CE
SB 1813 Class A2
34mm, mm, 15.09g
g
wileyc
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Class C follis, sb1825, attributed to Michael IV, 1034-1041 CEObverse: EMMANOVHA - Three -quarter length of Christ Antiphonetes standing facing, wearing nimbus cr. pallium and colobium, raising rt hand in benediction in L. hand book of Gospels, in field to L., IC barred, to r., XC barred.
Reverse: IC-XC/ NI-KA - Jewelled cross with pellet at each end divides inscription into four equal parts, IC--XC/NI--KA
Mint: Contantinople
Date: 1034-1041 CE
29mm, 7.73g
SB 1825 Class C follis
wileyc
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Class C follis, sb1825, attributed to Michael IV, 1034-1041 CEObverse: EMMANOVHA - Three -quarter length of Christ Antiphonetes standing facing, wearing nimbus cr. pallium and colobium, raising rt hand in benediction in L. hand book of Gospels, in field to L., IC barred, to r., XC barred.
Reverse: IC-XC/ NI-KA - Jewelled cross with pellet at each end divides inscription into four equal parts, IC--XC/NI--KA
Mint: Contantinople
Date: 1034-1041 CE
30mm, 5.62g
SB 1825 Class C follis
wileyc
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Class C follis, sb1825, attributed to Michael IV, 1034-1041 CEObverse: EMMANOVHA - Three -quarter length of Christ Antiphonetes standing facing, wearing nimbus cr. pallium and colobium, raising rt hand in benediction in L. hand book of Gospels, in field to L., IC barred, to r., XC barred.
Reverse: IC-XC/ NI-KA - Jewelled cross with pellet at each end divides inscription into four equal parts, IC--XC/NI--KA
Mint: Contantinople
Date: 1034-1041 CE
28mm, 10.29g
SB 1825 Class C follis
wileyc
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Class I, sb1889 attributed to Nicephorus III (1078-1081 CE)Obverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium, and raising r. hand in benediction; in l., hand scroll ; to l., IC to r., XC barred.
Reverse: Latin cross, with X at centre and globule and two pellets at each extremity; in lower field on either side floral ornament; in upper field, on either side, crescent.
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 1078-1081 CE
SB 1889, Class I
22mm, 3.90g
wileyc
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Class I, sb1889 attributed to Nicephorus III (1078-1081 CE)Obverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium, and raising r. hand in benediction; in l., hand scroll ; to l., IC to r., XC barred.
Reverse: Latin cross, with X at centre and globule and two pellets at each extremity; in lower field on either side floral ornament; in upper field, on either side, crescent.
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 1078-1081 CE
SB 1889, Class I
26mm, 3.39 g
wileyc
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Class I, sb1889 attributed to Nicephorus III (1078-1081 CE)Obverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium, and raising r. hand in benediction; in l., hand scroll ; to l., IC to r., XC barred.
Reverse: Latin cross, with X at centre and globule and two pellets at each extremity; in lower field on either side floral ornament; in upper field, on either side, crescent.
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 1078-1081 CE
SB 1889, Class I
26mm, 7.39 g
wileyc
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Class D follis, sb1836, attributed to Constantine IX (1041-1055 CE)Obverse: Christ seated facing on throne with back, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium, and holding book of gospels with hands; in field to l., IC and to r., XC both barred..
Reverse: IS XS/bASILE/bASIL in three lines; above -+-
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 1042-1055 CE
30mm, 8.78g
SB1836, Class D
wileyc
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Class F follis, sb1856 attributed to Constantine X 1059-1067 CEObverse: Christ seated facing on throne without back, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium and raising r. hand in benediction; in l. hand, book of gospels; in field to l., IC to r. XC both barred.
Reverse: IS XS/bASILE/bASIL in three lines -+- above, + below.
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 1059-1067 CE
SB 1856 class F
27mm, 6.52g
wileyc
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Class E, sb1855, attributed to Constantine X, 1059-1067 CEObverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium, and holding book of Gospels with both hands; to L., IC to r., XC, barred.
Reverse: IS XS/bASILE/basil in three lines
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 1059-1067 CE
25mm, 7.54g
SB 1855 Class E follis
wileyc
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Class F follis, sb1856 attributed to Constantine X 1059-1067 CEObverse: Christ seated facing on throne without back, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium and raising r. hand in benediction; in l. hand, book of gospels; in field to l., IC to r. XC both barred.
Reverse: IS XS/bASILE/bASIL in three lines -+- above, + below.
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 1059-1067 CE
SB 1856 class F
27mm, 9.22g
wileyc
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Class C follis, sb1825, attributed to Michael IV, 1034-1041 CEObverse: EMMANOVHA - Three -quarter length of Christ Antiphonetes standing facing, wearing nimbus cr. pallium and colobium, raising rt hand in benediction in L. hand book of Gospels, in field to L., IC barred, to r., XC barred.
Reverse: IC-XC/ NI-KA - Jewelled cross with pellet at each end divides inscription into four equal parts, IC--XC/NI--KA
Mint: Contantinople
Date: 1034-1041 CE
23mm, 4.73g
SB 1825 Class C follis



The Obverse is Christ as Antiphonetes, "the guarantor." A famous icon of Christ was so named because, according to a miracle story, it had been held as loan collateral by a creditor. The Byzantine empress Zoë (r. 1028–50) had coins struck with the Antiphonetes image and kept an icon of the type close at hand. "I myself have often seen her, in moments of great distress, clasp the sacred object in her hands, contemplate it, talk to it as if it were indeed alive, and address it with one sweet term of endearment after another," wrote court historian Michael Psellos (1018–ca. 1081).

Source: Icon with Christ Antiphonetes [Byzantine] (1979.217) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Class A3, sb1818 attributed to Constantine VIII (1025-1028 CE)Obverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross with various ornaments in each limb.. pallium and colobium, and holding books of Gospels.
Reverse: +IhSyB / XRISTUS/ bASILEy/bASILE - in 4 lines, Greek legend, "Jesus Christ, King of Kings.
Mint: Constantinople though Metclaf states several provincial mints within this group. some with rev legend differences.
Date: 976-1025 CE
SB 1818 Class A3
28mm, 8.94gg

Class A3 in this case is presented a a group intermediate in weight between Classes A1 and A3 generally considered around 9-10g. Originally classed by D. M. Metcalf he feels that the weight reduction from Class A2 may have been around 1020 CE. Phillip Grierson with Dumbarton Oaks Catalogue does not separate Class A3 from class A2.
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Class A3, sb1818 attributed to Constantine VIII (1025-1028 CE)Obverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross with various ornaments in each limb.. pallium and colobium, and holding books of Gospels.
Reverse: +IhSyB / XRISTUS/ bASILEy/bASILE - in 4 lines, Greek legend, "Jesus Christ, King of Kings.
Mint: Constantinople though Metclaf states several provincial mints within this group. some with rev legend differences.
Date: 976-1025 CE
SB 1818 Class A3
30mm, 9.30g
Ornamentation style F41

Class A3 in this case is presented a a group intermediate in weight between Classes A1 and A3 generally considered around 9-10g. Originally classed by D. M. Metcalf he feels that the weight reduction from Class A2 may have been around 1020 CE. Phillip Grierson with Dumbarton Oaks Catalogue does not separate Class A3 from class A2.
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Class A3, sb1818 attributed to Constantine VIII (1025-1028 CE)Obverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross with various ornaments in each limb.. pallium and colobium, and holding books of Gospels.
Reverse: +IhSyB / XRISTUS/ bASILEy/bASILE - in 4 lines, Greek legend, "Jesus Christ, King of Kings.
Mint: Constantinople though Metclaf states several provincial mints within this group. some with rev legend differences.
Date: 976-1025 CE
SB 1818 Class A3
28mm, 10.79g

Class A3 in this case is presented a a group intermediate in weight between Classes A1 and A3 generally considered around 9-10g. Originally classed by D. M. Metcalf he feels that the weight reduction from Class A2 may have been around 1020 CE. Phillip Grierson with Dumbarton Oaks Catalogue does not separate Class A3 from class A2.
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Class A3, sb1818 attributed to Constantine VIII (1025-1028 CE)Obverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross with various ornaments in each limb.. pallium and colobium, and holding books of Gospels.
Reverse: +IhSyB / XRISTUS/ bASILEy/bASILE - in 4 lines, Greek legend, "Jesus Christ, King of Kings.
Mint: Constantinople though Metclaf states several provincial mints within this group. some with rev legend differences.
ornament type 45 forum
Date: 976-1025 CE
SB 1818 Class A3
30mm, 10.42g
Ornamentation style F45

Class A3 in this case is presented a a group intermediate in weight between Classes A1 and A3 generally considered around 9-10g. Originally classed by D. M. Metcalf he feels that the weight reduction from Class A2 may have been around 1020 CE. Phillip Grierson with Dumbarton Oaks Catalogue does not separate Class A3 from class A2.
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Class A3, sb1818 attributed to Constantine VIII (1025-1028 CE)Obverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross with various ornaments in each limb.. pallium and colobium, and holding books of Gospels.
Reverse: +IhSyB / XRISTUS/ bASILEy/bASILE - in 4 lines, Greek legend, "Jesus Christ, King of Kings.
Mint: Constantinople though Metclaf states several provincial mints within this group. some with rev legend differences.
ornament cross, cross, cross, Ornamentation style F32
Date: 976-1025 CE
SB 1818 Class A3
30mm, 9.65gg


Class A3 in this case is presented a a group intermediate in weight between Classes A1 and A3 generally considered around 9-10g. Originally classed by D. M. Metcalf he feels that the weight reduction from Class A2 may have been around 1020 CE. Phillip Grierson with Dumbarton Oaks Catalogue does not separate Class A3 from class A2.
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Class D follis, sb1836, attributed to Constantine IX (1042-1055 CE)Obverse: Christ seated facing on throne with back, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium, and holding book of gospels with hands; in field to l., IC and to r., XC both barred..
Reverse: IS XS/bASILE/bASIL in three lines; above -+-
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 1042-1055 CE
25mm, 5.26g
SB1836, Class D
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Class D follis, sb1836, attributed to Constantine IX (1041-1055 CE)Obverse: Christ seated facing on throne with back, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium, and holding book of gospels with hands; in field to l., IC and to r., XC both barred..
Reverse: IS XS/bASILE/bASIL in three lines; above -+-
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 1042-1055 CE
29mm, 9.29g
SB1836, Class D
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Class D follis, sb1836, attributed to Constantine IX (1041-1055 CE)Obverse: Christ seated facing on throne with back, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium, and holding book of gospels with hands; in field to l., IC and to r., XC both barred..
Reverse: IS XS/bASILE/bASIL in three lines; above -+-
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 1042-1055 CE
28mm, 6.75g
SB1836, Class D
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Class I, sb1889 attributed to Nicephorus III (1078-1081 CE)Obverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium, and raising r. hand in benediction; in l., hand scroll ; to l., IC to r., XC barred.
Reverse: Latin cross, with X at centre and globule and two pellets at each extremity; in lower field on either side floral ornament; in upper field, on either side, crescent.
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 1078-1081 CE
SB 1889, Class I
24mm, 3.13 g
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Class I, sb1889 attributed to Nicephorus III (1078-1081 CE)Obverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium, and raising r. hand in benediction; in l., hand scroll ; to l., IC to r., XC barred.
Reverse: Latin cross, with X at centre and globule and two pellets at each extremity; in lower field on either side floral ornament; in upper field, on either side, crescent.
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 1078-1081 CE
SB 1889, Class I
25mm, 5.11 g
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Class H, sb1880 attributed to Michael VII (1071-1078 CE)Obverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium, and raising r. hand in benediction; in l., hand scroll ; to l., IC to r., XC barred.
Reverse: Patriarchal cross with globule and two pellets at each extremity; in lower field, on either side floral ornament.
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 1071-1078 CE
SB 1880, Class H
24mm, 4.63g
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Class B follis, sb1823 attributed to Romanus III, 1028-1034 CEObv: Bust of Christ, nimbus cross square in each limb. book of gospels ornamented.
Reverse: Cross with pellet at each extremity stg. on three steps; in field above transverse limbs of cross. IS_XS beneath limbs bAS-ILE-ILE
Mint-Constantinople
Date: 1028-1034
SB 1823 class b
26mm, 9.25g
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Class B follis, sb1823 attributed to Romanus III, 1028-1034 CEObv: Bust of Christ, nimbus cross square in each limb. book of gospels ornamented.
Reverse: Cross with pellet at each extremity stg. on three steps; in field above transverse limbs of cross. IS_XS beneath limbs bAS-ILE-ILE
Mint-Constantinople
Date: 1028-1034
SB 1823 class b
29mm, 13.07g
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Class B follis, sb1823 attributed to Romanus III, 1028-1034 CEObv: Bust of Christ, nimbus cross square in each limb. book of gospels ornamented.
Reverse: Cross with pellet at each extremity stg. on three steps; in field above transverse limbs of cross. IS_XS beneath limbs bAS-ILE-ILE
Mint-Constantinople
Date: 1028-1034
SB 1823 class b
30mm, 13.09g
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Class H, sb1880 attributed to Michael VII (1071-1078 CE)Obverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium, and raising r. hand in benediction; in l., hand scroll ; to l., IC to r., XC barred.
Reverse: Patriarchal cross with globule and two pellets at each extremity; in lower field, on either side floral ornament.
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 1071-1078 CE
SB 1880, Class H
21mm, 3.92g
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Class A3, sb1818 attributed to Constantine VIII (1025-1028 CE)Obverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross with various ornaments in each limb.. pallium and colobium, and holding books of Gospels.
Reverse: +IhSyB / XRISTUS/ bASILEy/bASILE - in 4 lines, Greek legend, "Jesus Christ, King of Kings.
Mint: Constantinople though Metclaf states several provincial mints within this group. some with rev legend differences.
Date: 976-1025 CE
SB 1818 Class A3
29mm, 10.35g

Class A3 in this case is presented a a group intermediate in weight between Classes A1 and A3 generally considered around 9-10g. Originally classed by D. M. Metcalf he feels that the weight reduction from Class A2 may have been around 1020 CE. Phillip Grierson with Dumbarton Oaks Catalogue does not separate Class A3 from class A2.
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Class A3, sb1818 attributed to Constantine VIII (1025-1028 CE)Obverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross with various ornaments in each limb.. pallium and colobium, and holding books of Gospels.
Reverse: +IhSyB / XRISTUS/ bASILEy/bASILE - in 4 lines, Greek legend, "Jesus Christ, King of Kings.
Mint: Constantinople though Metclaf states several provincial mints within this group. some with rev legend differences.
Date: 976-1025 CE
SB 1818 Class A3
30mm, 7.76g

Class A3 in this case is presented a a group intermediate in weight between Classes A1 and A3 generally considered around 9-10g. Originally classed by D. M. Metcalf he feels that the weight reduction from Class A2 may have been around 1020 CE. Phillip Grierson with Dumbarton Oaks Catalogue does not separate Class A3 from class A2.
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Class A3, sb1818 attributed to Constantine VIII (1025-1028 CE)Obverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross with various ornaments in each limb.. pallium and colobium, and holding books of Gospels.
Reverse: +IhSyB / XRISTUS/ bASILEy/bASILE - in 4 lines, Greek legend, "Jesus Christ, King of Kings.
Mint: Constantinople though Metclaf states several provincial mints within this group. some with rev legend differences.
Date: 976-1025 CE
SB 1818 Class A3
29mm, 10.17g

Class A3 in this case is presented a a group intermediate in weight between Classes A1 and A3 generally considered around 9-10g. Originally classed by D. M. Metcalf he feels that the weight reduction from Class A2 may have been around 1020 CE. Phillip Grierson with Dumbarton Oaks Catalogue does not separate Class A3 from class A2.
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Class A3, sb1818 attributed to Constantine VIII (1025-1028 CE)Obverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross with various ornaments in each limb.. pallium and colobium, and holding books of Gospels.
Reverse: +IhSyB / XRISTUS/ bASILEy/bASILE - in 4 lines, Greek legend, "Jesus Christ, King of Kings.
Mint: Constantinople though Metclaf states several provincial mints within this group. some with rev legend differences.
Date: 976-1025 CE
SB 1818 Class A3
28mm, 11.26g

Class A3 in this case is presented a a group intermediate in weight between Classes A1 and A3 generally considered around 9-10g. Originally classed by D. M. Metcalf he feels that the weight reduction from Class A2 may have been around 1020 CE. Phillip Grierson with Dumbarton Oaks Catalogue does not separate Class A3 from class A2.
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Class A3, sb1818 attributed to Constantine VIII (1025-1028 CE)Obverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross with various ornaments in each limb.. pallium and colobium, and holding books of Gospels.
Reverse: +IhSyB / XRISTUS/ bASILEy/bASILE - in 4 lines, Greek legend, "Jesus Christ, King of Kings.
Mint: Constantinople though Metclaf states several provincial mints within this group. some with rev legend differences.
Date: 976-1025 CE
SB 1818 Class A3
36mm, 9.61gg

Class A3 in this case is presented a a group intermediate in weight between Classes A1 and A3 generally considered around 9-10g. Originally classed by D. M. Metcalf he feels that the weight reduction from Class A2 may have been around 1020 CE. Phillip Grierson with Dumbarton Oaks Catalogue does not separate Class A3 from class A2.
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Class A3, sb1818 attributed to Constantine VIII (1025-1028 CE)Obverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross with various ornaments in each limb.. pallium and colobium, and holding books of Gospels.
Reverse: +IhSyB / XRISTUS/ bASILEy/bASILE - in 4 lines, Greek legend, "Jesus Christ, King of Kings.
Mint: Constantinople though Metclaf states several provincial mints within this group. some with rev legend differences.
Date: 976-1025 CE
SB 1818 Class A3
30mm, 10.97g

Class A3 in this case is presented a a group intermediate in weight between Classes A1 and A3 generally considered around 9-10g. Originally classed by D. M. Metcalf he feels that the weight reduction from Class A2 may have been around 1020 CE. Phillip Grierson with Dumbarton Oaks Catalogue does not separate Class A3 from class A2.
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Class A3, sb1818 attributed to Constantine VIII (1025-1028 CE)Obverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross with various ornaments in each limb.. pallium and colobium, and holding books of Gospels.
Reverse: +IhSyB / XRISTUS/ bASILEy/bASILE - in 4 lines, Greek legend, "Jesus Christ, King of Kings.
Mint: Constantinople though Metclaf states several provincial mints within this group. some with rev legend differences.
Date: 976-1025 CE
SB 1818 Class A3
30mm, 10.13g

Class A3 in this case is presented a a group intermediate in weight between Classes A1 and A3 generally considered around 9-10g. Originally classed by D. M. Metcalf he feels that the weight reduction from Class A2 may have been around 1020 CE. Phillip Grierson with Dumbarton Oaks Catalogue does not separate Class A3 from class A2.
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Class A3, sb1818 attributed to Constantine VIII (1025-1028 CE)Obverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross with various ornaments in each limb.. pallium and colobium, and holding books of Gospels.
Reverse: +IhSyB / XRISTUS/ bASILEy/bASILE - in 4 lines, Greek legend, "Jesus Christ, King of Kings.
Mint: Constantinople though Metclaf states several provincial mints within this group. some with rev legend differences.
Date: 976-1025 CE
SB 1818 Class A3
27mm, 10.43g

Class A3 in this case is presented a a group intermediate in weight between Classes A1 and A3 generally considered around 9-10g. Originally classed by D. M. Metcalf he feels that the weight reduction from Class A2 may have been around 1020 CE. Phillip Grierson with Dumbarton Oaks Catalogue does not separate Class A3 from class A2.
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Class A3, sb1818 attributed to Constantine VIII (1025-1028 CE)Obverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross with various ornaments in each limb.. pallium and colobium, and holding books of Gospels.
Reverse: +IhSyB / XRISTUS/ bASILEy/bASILE - in 4 lines, Greek legend, "Jesus Christ, King of Kings.
Mint: Constantinople though Metclaf states several provincial mints within this group. some with rev legend differences.
Date: 976-1025 CE
SB 1818 Class A3
34mm, 9.14g

Class A3 in this case is presented a a group intermediate in weight between Classes A1 and A3 generally considered around 9-10g. Originally classed by D. M. Metcalf he feels that the weight reduction from Class A2 may have been around 1020 CE. Phillip Grierson with Dumbarton Oaks Catalogue does not separate Class A3 from class A2.
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Class A2, sb1813 attributed to joint reign of Basil II and Constantine VIII, 976-1025 CEObverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross with various ornaments in each limb.. pallium and colobium, and holding books of Gospels.
Reverse: +IhSyB / XRISTUS/ bASILEy/bASILE - in 4 lines, Greek legend, "Jesus Christ, King of Kings.
Mint: Constantinople though Metclaf states several provincial mints within this group. some with rev legend differences.
Date: 976-1025 CE
SB 1823 Class A2
28mm, 12.07g
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Class A2, sb1813 attributed to joint reign of Basil II and Constantine VIII, 976-1025 CEObverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross with various ornaments in each limb.. pallium and colobium, and holding books of Gospels.
Reverse: +IhSyB / XRISTUS/ bASILEy/bASILE - in 4 lines, Greek legend, "Jesus Christ, King of Kings.
Mint: Constantinople though Metclaf states several provincial mints within this group. some with rev legend differences.
Date: 976-1025 CE
SB 1813 Class A2
28mm, 14.80g
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Class A2, sb1813 attributed to joint reign of Basil II and Constantine VIII, 976-1025 CEObverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross with various ornaments in each limb.. pallium and colobium, and holding books of Gospels.
Reverse: +IhSyB / XRISTUS/ bASILEy/bASILE - in 4 lines, Greek legend, "Jesus Christ, King of Kings.
Mint: Constantinople though Metclaf states several provincial mints within this group. some with rev legend differences.
Date: 976-1025 CE
SB 1813 Class A2
30mm, 14.56g
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Class A2, sb1813 attributed to joint reign of Basil II and Constantine VIII, 976-1025 CEObverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross with various ornaments in each limb.. pallium and colobium, and holding books of Gospels.
Reverse: +IhSyB / XRISTUS/ bASILEy/bASILE - in 4 lines, Greek legend, "Jesus Christ, King of Kings.
Mint: Constantinople though Metclaf states several provincial mints within this group. some with rev legend differences.
Date: 976-1025 CE
SB 1813 Class A2
33mm, 15.66g
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Class A2, sb1813 attributed to joint reign of Basil II and Constantine VIII, 976-1025 CEObverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross with various ornaments in each limb.. pallium and colobium, and holding books of Gospels.
Reverse: +IhSyB / XRISTUS/ bASILEy/bASILE - in 4 lines, Greek legend, "Jesus Christ, King of Kings.
Mint: Constantinople though Metclaf states several provincial mints within this group. some with rev legend differences.
Date: 976-1025 CE
SB 1813 Class A2
34mm, 12.46g
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Class G, sb1867 attributed to Romanus IV 1068-1071 CEObverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium, and raising r. hand in benediction; in l., hand scroll ; to l., IC to r., XC barred.
Reverse: Facing bust of virgans roans, nimbate and wearing palladium and maphorium; to l., MP to r., OV; border of large pellets.
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 1068-1071 CE
SB 1867 Class G
31mm, 7.39g
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Class G, sb1867 attributed to Romanus IV 1068-1071 CEObverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium, and raising r. hand in benediction; in l., hand scroll ; to l., IC to r., XC barred.
Reverse: Facing bust of virgans roans, nimbate and wearing palladium and maphorium; to l., MP to r., OV; border of large pellets.
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 1068-1071 CE
SB 1867 Class G
15mm, 7.07g
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Class G, sb1867 attributed to Romanus IV 1068-1071 CEObverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium, and raising r. hand in benediction; in l., hand scroll ; to l., IC to r., XC barred.
Reverse: Facing bust of virgans roans, nimbate and wearing palladium and maphorium; to l., MP to r., OV; border of large pellets.
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 1068-1071 CE
SB 1867 Class G
31mm, 7.39g
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Class G, sb1867 attributed to Romanus IV 1068-1071 CEObverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium, and raising r. hand in benediction; in l., hand scroll ; to l., IC to r., XC barred.
Reverse: Facing bust of virgans roans, nimbate and wearing palladium and maphorium; to l., MP to r., OV; border of large pellets.
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 1068-1071 CE
SB 1867 Class G
27mm, 5.49g
-The depiction of the Virgin Mary with her hands upraised in prayer ("orans") is of very ancient origin in Christian art. In the mausoleum of St Agnes in Rome is a depiction dating to the 4th century which depicts the Theotokos with hands raised in prayer and the infant Jesus sitting upon her knees. There is also an ancient Byzantine icon of the Mother of God "Nikopea" from the 6th century, where the Virgin Mary is depicted seated upon a throne and holding in her hands an oval shield with the image of "Emmanuel"

s the Virgin appears to be praying –her arms are extended outward- this icon type is also called the Virgin Orans. The title Orans (a person praying) comes from a type of non-narrative symbolic figure with outstretched arms we find in the catacombs and on sarcophagi (used in other situations, as well). Such figures –always female- were common in pagan imagery and were thought to symbolize filial piety. They were used, in funerary art, to represent the human soul (also thought to be female) of a deceased person. The early Christians adopted the figure for the same symbolic reason. Some art historians are of the opinion that the so called “orans” (or orant) figure also symbolized the whole Church at prayer. For this reason, the Virgin Orans is sometimes understood to be Mary, in her role as image of the Church, bringing Christ to the world and interceding for mankind with her Son. Orans or orant are generic terms now often used to describe any person in life or art praying with outstretched arms.
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Class C follis, sb1825, attributed to Michael IV, 1034-1041 CEObverse: EMMANOVHA - Three -quarter length of Christ Antiphonetes standing facing, wearing nimbus cr. pallium and colobium, raising rt hand in benediction in L. hand book of Gospels, in field to L., IC barred, to r., XC barred.
Reverse: IC-XC/ NI-KA - Jewelled cross with pellet at each end divides inscription into four equal parts, IC--XC/NI--KA
Mint: Contantinople
Date: 1034-1041 CE
26mm, 10.17g
SB 1825 Class C follis



The Obverse is Christ as Antiphonetes, "the guarantor." A famous icon of Christ was so named because, according to a miracle story, it had been held as loan collateral by a creditor. The Byzantine empress Zoë (r. 1028–50) had coins struck with the Antiphonetes image and kept an icon of the type close at hand. "I myself have often seen her, in moments of great distress, clasp the sacred object in her hands, contemplate it, talk to it as if it were indeed alive, and address it with one sweet term of endearment after another," wrote court historian Michael Psellos (1018–ca. 1081).

Source: Icon with Christ Antiphonetes [Byzantine] (1979.217) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Class I, sb1889, attributed to Nicephorus III (1078-1081 CE)Obverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium, and raising r. hand in benediction; in l., hand, scroll; tol., IC to r., XC; barred, border of large pellets.
Reverse: Latin cross; with X at center. and globule and two pellets at each extremity; in lower field, on either side, floral ornament; in upper field, on either side, crescent.
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 1078-1078 CE
SB 1889 Class I
24mm, 4.57g
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Class A1, sb1793 attributed to the reign of John I (969- 976 CE)OBVERSE: +EMMANOVHA. Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cr. (two pellets in each limb of cross), pallium and colobium, and holding book of Gospels (cover ornamented with pellet in border of dots) with both hands. IC; to r., XC barred.
Reverse: +IhSUS/XRISTUS/bASILEU/bASILE four lines.
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 969-976 CE
SB 1793 Class A1
24mm, 5.05g
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These have smaller thin flans and are frequently overstruck on folles of Nicephorus II or Constantine VII, They lack the ornaments above and below the reverse inscription which characterize the succeeding class.
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Class A1, sb1793 attributed to the reign of John I (969- 976 CE)OBVERSE: +EMMANOVHA. Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cr. (two pellets in each limb of cross), pallium and colobium, and holding book of Gospels (cover ornamented with pellet in border of dots) with both hands. IC; to r., XC barred.
Reverse: +IhSUS/XRISTUS/bASILEU/bASILE four lines.
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 969-976 CE
SB 1793 Class A1
25mm, 5.30g
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These have smaller thin flans and are frequently overstruck on folles of Nicephorus II or Constantine VII, They lack the ornaments above and below the reverse inscription which characterize the succeeding class.
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Class A1, sb1793 attributed to the reign of John I (969- 976 CE)OBVERSE: +EMMANOVHA. Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cr. (two pellets in each limb of cross), pallium and colobium, and holding book of Gospels (cover ornamented with pellet in border of dots) with both hands. IC; to r., XC barred.
Reverse: +IhSUS/XRISTUS/bASILEU/bASILE four lines.
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 969-976 CE
SB 1793 Class A1
25mm, 5.99g
-
These have smaller thin flans and are frequently overstruck on folles of Nicephorus II or Constantine VII, They lack the ornaments above and below the reverse inscription which characterize the succeeding class.
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Class E, sb1855, attributed to Constantine X, 1059-1067 CEObverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium, and holding book of Gospels with both hands; to L., IC to r., XC, barred.
Reverse: IS XS/bASILE/basil in three lines
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 1059-1067 CE
25mm, 8.22g
SB 1855 Class E follis
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Class C follis, sb1825, attributed to Michael IV, 1034-1041 CEObverse: EMMANOVHA - Three -quarter length of Christ Antiphonetes standing facing, wearing nimbus cr. pallium and colobium, raising rt hand in benediction in L. hand book of Gospels, in field to L., IC barred, to r., XC barred.
Reverse: IC-XC/ NI-KA - Jewelled cross with pellet at each end divides inscription into four equal parts, IC--XC/NI--KA
Mint: Contantinople
Date: 1034-1041 CE
25mm, 6.06g
SB 1825 Class C follis



The Obverse is Christ as Antiphonetes, "the guarantor." A famous icon of Christ was so named because, according to a miracle story, it had been held as loan collateral by a creditor. The Byzantine empress Zoë (r. 1028–50) had coins struck with the Antiphonetes image and kept an icon of the type close at hand. "I myself have often seen her, in moments of great distress, clasp the sacred object in her hands, contemplate it, talk to it as if it were indeed alive, and address it with one sweet term of endearment after another," wrote court historian Michael Psellos (1018–ca. 1081).

Source: Icon with Christ Antiphonetes [Byzantine] (1979.217) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Class B follis, sb1823 attributed to Romanus III, 1028-1034 CEObv: Bust of Christ, nimbus cross square in each limb. book of gospels ornamented.
Reverse: Cross with pellet at each extremity stg. on three steps; in field above transverse limbs of cross. IS_XS beneath limbs bAS-ILE-ILE
Mint-Constantinople
Date: 1028-1034
SB 1823 class b
25mm, 8.11g
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Class A2, sb1813 attributed to joint reign of Basil II and Constantine VIII, 976-1025 CEObverse: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross with various ornaments in each limb.. pallium and colobium, and holding books of Gospels.
Reverse: +IhSyB / XRISTUS/ bASILEy/bASILE - in 4 lines, Greek legend, "Jesus Christ, King of Kings.
Mint: Constantinople though Metclaf states several provincial mints within this group. some with rev legend differences.
Date: 976-1025 CE
SB 1813 Class A2
30mm, 14.48g
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Class F follis, sb1856 attributed to Constantine X 1059-1067 CEObverse: Christ seated facing on throne without back, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium and raising r. hand in benediction; in l. hand, book of gospels; in field to l., IC to r. XC both barred.
Reverse: IS XS/bASILE/bASIL in three lines -+- above, + below.
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 1059-1067 CE
SB 1856 class F
25mm, 4.00g
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Class B follis, sb1823 attributed to Romanus III, 1028-1034 CEObverse: Bust of Christ, nimbus cross square in each limb. book of gospels ornamented.
Reverse: Cross with pellet at each extremity stg. on three steps; in field above transverse limbs of cross. IS_XS beneath limbs bAS-ILE-ILE
Mint-Constantinople
Date: 1028-1034
SB 1823 class b
28mm, 11.31g
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