Lot description:
Anonymous Folles, time of Romanus III, circa 1028-1034. Follis (Bronze, 32 mm, 9.44 g, 6 h), Class B, 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. IS - XS / bAS-ILЄ / bAS-ILЄ Cross set on three steps. DOC Class B. SB 1823. Traces of overstriking and with light deposits, otherwise, good very fine.
From the collection of lic. iur. Jürg Netzer, Switzerland, and from the collection of Dr. Max Blaschegg (1930-2021, with collector's ticket), Leu Web Auction 22, 20-21 August 2022, 325 and previously privately acquired from Numisantique at the Zurich coin fair on 28 October 2017.
Starting price: 25 CHF | |