452, Lot: 828. Estimate $100. Sold for $75. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous Folles. temp. Basil II & Constantine VIII, circa 1020-1028. Æ Follis (26mm, 10.55 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Bust of Christ Pantokrator facing / + IҺSЧS/ XRISTЧS/ ЬASILЄЧ/ ЬASILЄ˙ in four lines; diamond-shaped ornament above and below. DOC A2.41; SB 1818. Green-brown patina, traces of earthen deposits. VF.

From the Johnson Family Collection, purchased from Frank Kovacs, November 1972.