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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Byzantine Coins| > |Anonymous Folles| > BZ94297
Byzantine Anonymous Follis of Christ, Class D, Constantine IX, 12 June 1042 - 11 January 1055 A.D.
|Anonymous| |Folles|, |Byzantine| |Anonymous| |Follis| |of| |Christ,| |Class| |D,| |Constantine| |IX,| |12| |June| |1042| |-| |11| |January| |1055| |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.
BZ94297. Bronze anonymous follis, Anonymous follis of Christ, DOC III-2, class D, pp. 685 - 687; Wroth BMC 10; Ratto 2015; SBCV 1836; Sommer 40.6, gVF, dark patina, tight flan, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 8.693g, maximum diameter 28.3mm, die axis 180o, c. 1050 - 1055 A.D.; obverse Christ seated facing on throne with back, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium, and colobium, and Gospels in both hands, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: Ihsoús Xristós - Jesus Christ) across field; reverse IS XS / bASILE / bASIL (Jesus Christ, King of Kings) in three lines, ornamental lines and cross above, ornamental lines and crescent below; SOLD










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