390, Lot: 607. Estimate $150. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Anonymous Folles. temp. Nicephorus III, circa 1078-1081. Æ Follis (23.5mm, 2.81 g, 6h). Class I. Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / Latin cross with central X, globus and two pellets at the end of each extremity; crescents to upper left and right, floral scroll to lower left and right. DOC I.1-64; SB 1889. Good VF, dark green patina, overstruck (likely on follis of Michael VII, SB 1878). Excellent portrait of Christ.
Ex Rauch 94 (9 April 2014), lot 1583.