BZ88934. Bronze follis, DOC III - 2 14b (nine pellets on Gospels cover); Wroth BMC 26; Ratto 2042; Morrisson BnF 55/Cp/AE/9; Berk 958; Sommer 55.8; SBCV 1878, EF, dark patina, overstruck, part of edge ragged, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 6.561g, maximum diameter 26.1mm, die axis 180
o, obverse bust of Christ facing, cross behind head, wearing pallium and colobium, raising right in benediction, Gospels in left hand, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: IΗΣOúΣ XPIΣTOΣ - Jesus Christ) flanking above large stars; reverse + MIXAHΛ RACIΛ O Δ, bearded bust facing, wearing crown and loros, holding labarum and globus cruciger;
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