Details
LOT 3950
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Romanus IV, circa AD 1068-1071. Constantinople mint. Class G.
IC XC, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / MP ΘV, facing bust of the Theotokos, orans. DOC G.1-28; SB 1867. Near Very Fine. Seemingly overstruck.(6.79gr, 26mm, 7h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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