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LOT 3265

Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII, AD 976-1028.

Constantinople mint. Class A2. ✠ ЄMMA-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 A2.14b; SB 1818 (Class A3). Very Fine.(11.54gr, 29mm, 6h.).

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Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

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LOT 3265

Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis.

Sold for (Inc. bp): £33

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