Details
LOT 3269
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Romanus III Argyrus, AD 1028-1034.
Constantinople mint. Class B. + ЄMMA-[NOV]HΛ around, IC-XC to right and left of bust of Christ Pantokrator facing with nimbate cross behind head, square in each limb of nimbus cross, holding book of Gospels / Large cross pommée set upon two steps; IS XS bAS-ILЄ bAS-ILЄ to left and right above and beneath cross. DOC Class B; SB 1823. Near Very Fine. Overstruck on earlier Anonymous Class A3 Follis (SB 1818).(11.62gr, 29mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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