Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
Lot number: 356 Price realized: 85 CHF (Approx. 97 USD / 90 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on |
Lot description: Anonymous Folles, time of Basil II & Constantine VIII, circa 976-1025. Follis (Bronze, 26 mm, 9.45 g, 3 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 A2.24. SB 1813. Minor traces of cleaning, otherwise, very fine. From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins, ex Gitbud & Naumann E-Auction 2, 7 April 2013, 335 and Hirsch 267, 5 May 2010, 852. Starting price: 25 CHF |