Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 354

Price realized: 150 CHF   (Approx. 171 USD / 158 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, 27 mm, 9.36 g, 7 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.-, cf. 45 (differing ornament on reverse). SB 1813. Minor deposits, otherwise, good very fine.


From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins, formed since summer 1991.

Starting price: 50 CHF