Choice Class A2 Follis

422, Lot: 637. Estimate $150. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous Folles. temp. Basil II & Constantine VIII, circa 976-1025. Æ Follis (27mm, 10.21 g, 6h). Class A2. Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / + IhSЧS/ XPISTЧS/ ЬASILЄЧ/ ЬASILЄ in four lines. DOC A2.24; SB 1813. EF, black patina. Excellent for issue.

From the Macy Collection. Ex M. A. Armstrong Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 102, 18 May 2016), lot 1193; Classical Numismatic Group 43 (24 September 1997), lot 2730.