BZ43069. Bronze follaro, MIR 10 489 (R), MEC Italy III 61 - 62 var. (obverse symbols), CNI -, Biaggi -; imitative of Byzantine Anonymous Class C folles, VF, holed, Calabria, uncertain mint, weight 5.503g, maximum diameter 28.6mm, die axis 180
o, 1060 - 1080 A.D.; obverse three-quarter length figure of Christ standing facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium, and colobium, raising right in benediction, Gospels in left, IC - XC flanking across fields; reverse jeweled cross with pellet at each extremity, in the angles IC - XC / NI-KA (Jesus Christ Conquers);
rare;
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