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LOT 3951
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Constantine IX, circa AD 1042-1055. Constantinopolis mint. Class D.
IC to left, XC to right of Christ, nimbate, seated facing on throne with back / IS XS bASILЄ bASIL in three lines, cross between two lines above, crescent between two lines below. DOC Class D; SB 1836. Near Very Fine.(5.34gr, 25mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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