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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Byzantine Coins| > |Macedonian Dynasty| > |Romanus III| > BZ86176
Byzantine Anonymous Follis of Christ, Class B, Romanus III or Michael IV, 12 November 1028 - 10 December 1041 A.D.
|Romanus| |III|, |Byzantine| |Anonymous| |Follis| |of| |Christ,| |Class| |B,| |Romanus| |III| |or| |Michael| |IV,| |12| |November| |1028| |-| |10| |December| |1041| |A.D.|, The emperor's name and portrait are not part of the design on the Byzantine types referred to as anonymous folles. Instead of the earthly king, these coins depict Jesus Christ, King of Kings.
BZ86176. Bronze anonymous follis, Anonymous follis of Christ, DOC III-2, class B; SBCV 1823, aEF, nice portrait of Christ, tight flan, reverse a little off center, earthen deposits, overstruck, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 11.453g, maximum diameter 30.6mm, die axis 180o, 12 Nov 1028 - 10 Dec 1041 A.D.; obverse + EMMANOVHΛ (romanized Hebrew - God is with us), facing bust of Christ, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium, and colobium, holding gospels with both hands, IC - XC flanking across field; reverse cross on three steps with pellet at each extremity, in fields IS - XS (Jesus Christ) / bAS-ILE / bAS-ILE (King of Kings); SOLD










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