976 AD - 1025 AD |
Follis / Φόλλις AE 28 |
SHH 1131 |
Parameter Obverse Reverse Notes Reference |
12.37 g 26.9-29.4 mm 11:00
o'clock VF Bust of Christ, wearing nimbus cruciger with ornaments, raising right hand in benediction; in left hand book of gospels; IC / XC with overbars on either side; +E[MMA] / NOVHΛ clockwise around; triple border of dots. +IhSYS // XRISTYS // bASILEY // bASILE in four lines; ornament [above] and below; border of dots. Mint of Constantinopolis. BMC 38/40; Dumbarton Oaks III/2 A2.14; Καντάς (NMA) 25.31/25.38; Sear Byzantine 1813 |