68, Lot: 297. Estimate $75. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BYZANTINE. Anonymous Class B. 1028-1034. Æ Follis (30mm, 15.92 gm). Constantinople mint. Nimbate bust of Christ facing, holding book of Gospels / Cross, with • at end of each bar, standing on three steps, separating three-line legend. DOC III pp. 676-9; SB 1823. Good VF, olive-green patina, obverse double struck with detailed portrait. Better than the SB plate coin.