206, Lot: 448. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous Folles. Time of Basil II & Constantine VIII, circa 976-1025. Æ Follis (35mm, 19.60 g, 6h). Class A2. Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ, holding Gospels / Legend in four lines; - (lozenge) - above and below. DOC A2.14; SB 1813; Metcalf, Interpretation, Variety 14. Good VF, green and brown patina, struck on a broad flan, some hard green encrustation.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.