148, Lot: 454. Estimate $75. Sold for $210. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous Folles. Time of Basil II & Constantine VIII, circa 976-1025. Æ Follis (28mm, 8.04 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Nimbate facing bust of Christ, holding Gospels; crosses in nimbus, quincunx on book / +IhSUS XRISTUS bASILEU bASILE in four lines; squares above and below. DOC III A2.47; SB 1818. VF, glossy black patina, slight die shift.

From the Robert Kutcher Collection.