209, Lot: 452. Estimate $75. Sold for $79. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous Folles. Time of Romanus III, circa 1028-1034. Æ Follis (26mm, 8.96 g, 6h). Class B. Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ, holding Gospels and raising hand in benediction / Cross with pellet at end of upper bar and ends of crossbar set on three steps. DOC B; SB 1823. VF, green patina.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.