118, Lot: 257. Estimate $100. Sold for $78. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous, Class A1. Circa 970-976 AD. Æ Follis (24mm, 8.00 gm, 7h). Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ, raising hand in benediction, holding Gospels; nimbus with •• in arms of cross / +IhSuS/XRISTuS/b]ASILEu[']/bASILE['] in four lines across fields. DOC III A1.3; SB 1793. VF, black-green patina with lighter green overtones.