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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Byzantine Coins| > |Anonymous Folles| > BZ66583
Byzantine Anonymous Follis of Christ, Class H, Michael VII Ducas, 24 October 1071 - 24 March 1078 A.D.
|Anonymous| |Folles|, |Byzantine| |Anonymous| |Follis| |of| |Christ,| |Class| |H,| |Michael| |VII| |Ducas,| |24| |October| |1071| |-| |24| |March| |1078| |A.D.|, The Patriarchal cross possesses a smaller crossbar placed above the main one. The top beam represents the plaque bearing the inscription "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews" (often abbreviated in the Latinate "INRI", and in the Greek as "INBI").
BZ66583. Bronze anonymous follis, Anonymous follis of Christ, DOC III-2, class H; SBCV 1880, Choice VF, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 6.563g, maximum diameter 24.7mm, die axis 180o, obverse bust of Christ facing, with nimbus cruciger, wears pallium and colobium, raising right hand, Gospels in left hand, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: IΗΣOúΣ XPIΣTOΣ - Jesus Christ) flanking shoulders; reverse patriarchal cross with globule and two pellets at each extremity, floral ornaments flanking lower half; very scarce; SOLD










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