430, Lot: 433. Estimate $100. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous Folles. temp. Romanus III, circa 1028-1034. Æ Follis (29mm, 14.97 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / Large cross pommée set upon three steps; IS XS above crossbar; BASILЄ/ BASILЄ in two lines below. DOC B.1-64; SB 1823. VF, attractive red-brown surface, hard green on edge. Good portrait of Christ.

From the Anthony DiDonato Collection.