Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 352

Price realized: 40 CHF   (Approx. 45 USD / 42 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


Anonymous Folles, time of Basil II & Constantine VIII, circa 976-1025. Follis (Bronze, 28 mm, 8.07 g, 6 h), Class A2, 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. SB 1813. Removed from NGC encapsulation 4165108-019, graded XF (Strike 4/5, Surface 4/5). Very fine.


From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins, privately acquired from Vilmar Numismatics on 23 October 2013.

Starting price: 25 CHF