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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Byzantine Coins| ▸ |Macedonian Dynasty| ▸ |Basil II||View Options:   | | |
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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.BZ112683. Bronze anonymous follis, Anonymous follis of Christ class A3; Grierson-NumisWiki ornaments 24; DOC III-2 A2.24, Wroth BMC 11 (Romanus III), Sommer 40.3.4, SBCV 1818, gem EF, very attractive, well centered, dark patina, highlighting deposits, tight flan, weight 10.262 g, maximum diameter 26.6 mm, die axis 90o, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, c. 1023 - 11 Nov 1028 A.D.; obverse + EMMANOVHΛ (romanized Hebrew - God is with us), facing bust of Christ, wearing nimbus cruciger with two pellets in each limb of cross, pallium, and colobium, holding gospels with both hands, gospels ornamented with two pellets within a jeweled border, to left IC, to right XC; reverse + IhSuS / XRISTuS / bASILEu / bASILE (Greek: Jesus Christ King of Kings), ornamentation above and below inscription; $400.00 (€376.00)
Byzantine Anonymous Follis of Christ, Class A3, Basil II & Constantine VIII, c. 1023 - 11 November 1028 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.BZ112816. Bronze anonymous follis, Anonymous follis of Christ class A3; Grierson-NumisWiki ornaments 41; DOC III-2 A2.41, Sommer 4.3.6, Wroth BMC 38, Ratto 1964, SBCV 1818, VF, green patina, broad flan, uneven strike, edge cracks, weight 9.945 g, maximum diameter 30.8 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, c. 1023 - 11 Nov 1028 A.D.; obverse + EMMANOVHΛ (romanized Hebrew - God is with us), facing bust of Christ, wearing nimbus cruciger with two pellets in each limb of cross, pallium, and colobium, Gospels in both hands, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: Ihsoús Xristós - Jesus Christ) across field; reverse IhSuS / XRISTuS / bASILEu / bASILE (Greek: Jesus Christ King of Kings), ornamentation above and below inscription; $160.00 (€150.40)
Byzantine Empire, Basil II Bulgaroktonos and Constantine VIII, 10 January 976 - 15 December 1025 A.D.
References list many variations in details, but the lozenge shaped ornaments at the intersections of the cross are not described in any of the many references checked by Forum. The obverse die is match to DOC III part 2, 2c, a histamenon nomisma, weighing 4.35 grams. Our coin weighs 4.056 grams, the proper weight for a tetarteron nomisma. It is possible that the two denominations shared a die; however, in DOC III, Grierson comments that some histamena appear to have been intentionally clipped down to circulate as tetartera. That comment appears to apply to this coin.SH73343. Gold tetarteron nomisma, Unpublished variant; cf. DOC III-2 2c (histamenon, same obv die, plain patriarchal cross on rev); SBCV 1796 (histamenon) & 1802 (tetarteron), VF, a histamenon nomisma clipped to circulate as a tetarteron nomisma, double strike, weight 4.056 g, maximum diameter 20.9 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, 977 - 989 A.D.; obverse + IhS XIS REX REGNANTIhM, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with pellet in upper arm of nimbus cross and bars in side arms, pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, Gospels in left; reverse + bASIL C COhSTAhTI b R, facing busts of Basil (on left) wearing lozenge pattern loros, and Constantine wearing a plain chlamys, both wear crowns with a cross and pendilia, together in their right hands they hold between them a long patriarchal cross with lozenge ornaments at intersections and triangle shaped arms; ex Change et Numismatique du Port (Toulon, France); very rare variant (lozenges on cross); SOLD
Byzantine Empire, Basil II Bulgaroktonos and Constantine VIII, 976 - 1025 A.D.
On 1 May 1006, the brightest supernova ever recorded, SN 1006, occured in the constellation of Lupus. It was observed and described in China, Japan, the Middle East, Europe, and elsewhere.SH18902. Gold histamenon nomisma, SBCV 1800; DOC III-2 6, Choice gVF, a little wavy, weight 4.384 g, maximum diameter 25.3 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, 1005 - 1025 A.D.; obverse IhS XIS REX REGNANTINM, nimbate facing bust of Christ, holding Gospels; reverse bASIL C CONSTANT b R (or similar), crowned facing busts of Basil, wearing loros, and Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding cross between them; SOLD
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