Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 351

Price realized: 80 CHF   (Approx. 91 USD / 84 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Anonymous Folles, time of Basil II & Constantine VIII, circa 976-1025. Follis (Bronze, 33 mm, 14.79 g, 6 h), Constantinopolis. +ЄMMANOVHΛ Nimbate bust of Christ facing, wearing tunic and pallium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left; in fields, IC - XC. Rev. +IҺSЧS / XRISTЧS / bASILЄЧ / bΑSILЄ in four lines; above and below, geometric ornament. DOC Class A2.36. SB 1813. Light deposits and with minor cleaning scratches, otherwise, very fine.


From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins, ex Numismatica Ars Classica 56, 8 October 2010, 729.

Starting price: 25 CHF