Details
LOT 3270
Anonymous AE Follis. Attributed to Constantine X, AD 1042-1050.
Constantinople mint. Class C. + ЄMMA-NOVHΛ, three-quarter length bust of Christ Antiphonetes standing facing, raising His right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels with left; IC XC across fields / Large jeweled cross, with IC XC NI-KA in its angles. DOC C; SB 1825. Very Fine.(7.97gr, 31mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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