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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Byzantine Coins| > |Anonymous Folles| > BZ110388
Byzantine Anonymous Follis of Christ, Class A2, Basil II & Constantine VIII, 976 - 1025 A.D.
|Anonymous| |Folles|, |Byzantine| |Anonymous| |Follis| |of| |Christ,| |Class| |A2,| |Basil| |II| |&| |Constantine| |VIII,| |976| |-| |1025| |A.D.|, The class A2 anonymous follis is identified by Wayne Sayles in "Ancient Coin Collecting V" as one of the masterpieces of Romaion coinage.
BZ110388. Bronze anonymous follis, Anonymous follis of Christ class A2; Grierson-NumisWiki ornaments 40b; DOC III-2 A2.18, Sommer 40.2, SBCV 1813, VF, nice green patina, light earthen deposit, light marks, obverse die break, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 15.290g, maximum diameter 31.4mm, die axis 180o, 10 Jan 976 - 15 Dec 1025 A.D.; obverse EMMANOVHΛ (romanized Hebrew - God is with us), facing bust of Christ, wears nimbus cruciger ornamented in each limb of cross, pallium, and colobium, ornamented Gospels held in both hands, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: Ihsoús Xristós - Jesus Christ) across field; reverse IhSuS / XRISTuS / bASILEu / bASILE (Greek: Jesus Christ King of Kings), ornamentation above and below inscription; SOLD




  







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