Byzantine Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 3781 SESSION 12 (11.30am Thursday 23 July) Byzantine Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $250
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SOLD $300
BASIL II & Constantine VII, period of (976-1025/8), copper follis (17.960 gm), Anonymous Class A2, Constantinople mint, obv. Nimbate facing bust of Christ, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels, cross and pellets in nimbus, traces of +EMMA NOVHA, rev. four-line legend, diamond and lines each side below legend, (S.1813, DOC III A2.14, R.1929, BMC 19). Attractive portrait of Christ, very fine and rare as such.
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