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LOT 3266
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII, AD 976-1028.
Constantinople mint. Class A2. [✠ Є]MMA-[NOVHΛ], nimbate bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, wearing tunic and himation, raising right hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in His left; two dots in each limb of the nimbate cross; IC XC in fields / ✠ IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field; ornament above and below. DOC A2.40 or 51; SB 1818 (Class A3). Very Fine.(9.22gr, 30mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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