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LOT 3949

Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Michael IV, AD 1034-1041. 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 pellet at each extremity, IC XC NI-KA in its angles. DOC C; SB 1825. Very Fine.(7.11gr, 30mm, 6h.).

Provenance

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

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LOT 3949

Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis.

Sold for (Inc. bp): £26

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