Very Rare Half Follis of Michael VII

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1111. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Michael VII Ducas. 1071-1078. Æ Half Follis (3.35 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1071-1078. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; cross behind, IC XC and stars flanking / +M IXΛI RACIΛOΔ, crowned facing bust of Michael, wearing loros, holding labarum (pellet on shaft) in right hand, globus cruciger in left. DOC 15; SB 1880A. VF, dark green patina, minor roughness. Very rare.