BZ93543. Bronze follis, DOC III-2 26, Morrisson BnF 37/Cp/AE/55, Wroth BMC 45, Ratto 1900, SBCV 1761, Sommer 36.17, F, struck on a small flan, earthen deposits, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 5.339g, maximum diameter 24.0mm, die axis 180
o, 945 - c. 950 AD; obverse + COnST bASIL ROM' (Constantine King of the Romans), half-length bust of Constantine VII facing, bearded, wearing modified loros and crown with cross, akakia in right hand, globus cruciger in left; reverse + COnSt/EnΘEO bA/SILEVS R/OmEOn (Constantine King of the Romans) in four lines; from the Errett Bishop Collection;
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