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Home > Catalog > |Byzantine Coins| > |Anonymous Folles| > SH81056 Byzantine Anonymous Follis of Christ, Class A2, Basil II & Constantine VIII, 976 - 1025 A.D.  The class A2 anonymous follis is identified by Wayne Sayles in "Ancient Coin Collecting V" as one of the masterpieces of Romaion coinage.SH81056. Bronze anonymous follis, Anonymous follis of Christ, DOC III-2, class A2; SBCV 1813; Grierson-NumisWiki ornaments 26, Choice VF, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 23.851g, maximum diameter 36.5mm, die axis 180o, 10 Jan 976 - 15 Dec 1025 A.D.; obverse + EMMANOVHΛ (romanized Hebrew - God is with us), facing bust of Christ, wears nimbus cruciger ornamented 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; very large flan; SOLD  |