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Byzantine Empire: Æ Anonymous Class B Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1823; DOC B.1-64; Zervos Type B-3) - Attributed to Romanus III (1028-1034)
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Obv: IC-XC to right and left of bust of Christ facing, with cross nimbus having  with a central pellet in each arm and  in each upper quarter, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing in sling of cloak, left hand holds book, with  on cover, from beneath
Rev: IS-XS ЬAS-ILЄ ЬAS-ILЄ in small letters to left and right above and below cross with dots at the ends, on three steps
Dim: 29 mm, 9.32 g
An extremely rare variation of the Anonymous Class B Follis. The arms of the nimbus cross has with a central pellet and the book of Gospels has five dots. Using Orestes H. Zervos' classifications of the Class B folles, these types were found during the excavation of Corinth. See the following paper:
Zervos, Orestes H., The Substantive Varieties of Anonymous Folles of Class B, Nomismatika Khronika No. 22/2003
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![Byzantine Empire: Æ Anonymous Class B Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1823; DOC B.1-64; Zervos Type B-3) - Attributed to Romanus III (1028-1034)
Obv: IC-XC to right and left of bust of Christ facing, with cross nimbus having [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/images/ClassAN_K2.gif[/IMG] with a central pellet in each arm and [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/images/ClassAN_A.gif[/IMG] in each upper quarter, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing in sling of cloak, left hand holds book, with [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/images/ClassAN_F.gif[/IMG] on cover, from beneath
Rev: IS-XS ЬAS-ILЄ ЬAS-ILЄ in small letters to left and right above and below cross with dots at the ends, on three steps
Dim: 29 mm, 9.32 g
An extremely rare variation of the Anonymous Class B Follis. The arms of the nimbus cross has [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/images/ClassAN_K2.gif[/IMG] with a central pellet and the book of Gospels has five dots. Using Orestes H. Zervos' classifications of the Class B folles, these types were found during the excavation of Corinth. See the following paper:
[url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Orestes_Zervos2/publication/276273600_The_substantive_varieties_of_Anonymous_folles_of_Class_B/links/555485f908ae980ca608a450/The-substantive-varieties-of-Anonymous-folles-of-Class-B.pdf]Zervos, Orestes H., [i]The Substantive Varieties of Anonymous Folles of Class B[/i], Nomismatika Khronika No. 22/2003[/url]](albums/userpics/36484/normal_Zervos-B3.jpg "Click to view full size image
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Byzantine Empire: Æ Anonymous Class B Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1823; DOC B.1-64; Zervos Type B-3) - Attributed to Romanus III (1028-1034)
Obv: IC-XC to right and left of bust of Christ facing, with cross nimbus having [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/images/ClassAN_K2.gif[/IMG] with a central pellet in each arm and [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/images/ClassAN_A.gif[/IMG] in each upper quarter, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing in sling of cloak, left hand holds book, with [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/images/ClassAN_F.gif[/IMG] on cover, from beneath
Rev: IS-XS ЬAS-ILЄ ЬAS-ILЄ in small letters to left and right above and below cross with dots at the ends, on three steps
Dim: 29 mm, 9.32 g
An extremely rare variation of the Anonymous Class B Follis. The arms of the nimbus cross has [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/images/ClassAN_K2.gif[/IMG] with a central pellet and the book of Gospels has five dots. Using Orestes H. Zervos' classifications of the Class B folles, these types were found during the excavation of Corinth. See the following paper:
[url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Orestes_Zervos2/publication/276273600_The_substantive_varieties_of_Anonymous_folles_of_Class_B/links/555485f908ae980ca608a450/The-substantive-varieties-of-Anonymous-folles-of-Class-B.pdf]Zervos, Orestes H., [i]The Substantive Varieties of Anonymous Folles of Class B[/i], Nomismatika Khronika No. 22/2003[/url]")
