304, Lot: 474. Estimate $100. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous Folles. temp. Basil II & Constantine VIII, circa 976-1025. Æ Follis (28mm, 12.13 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; two pellets in each arm of nimbus / Legend in four lines; pellet above and below. DOC A2.5; SB 1813. VF, attractive green, brown and earthen patina, well struck on a nice round flan.

Ex Elvira Elisa Clain-Stefanelli Collection [as the Demarete Collection].