Byzantine Follis, "Anonymous" Issue With Portrait of Christ, Reign of Constantine IX
Date: 1034 - 1041 CE
Byzantine Empire
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Item Description:
Includes glass top leatherette display box.
- Origin: Byzantine Empire
- Authority: Emperor Constantine IX (issued anonymously)
- Date: 1059 - 1067 CE
- Denomination: AE (bronze) follis
- Size: 28mm, 10.94g
- Type Number: Sear 1836 (in David Sear's "Byzantine Coins and Their Values")
- Obverse: IC XC - Christ seated on throne, holding Book of the Gospels
- Reverse: IS XC / BASILE / BASIL - in three lines
- Notes: Anonymous Byzantine coins do not bear the name or image of any particular ruler, but some can still be attributed to the reign of a certain emperor. This coin has a small amount of bronze disease, a type of active corrosion that affects copper based coinage, and should be stored in a dry environment.
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