Details

Object Type

coin

Denomination

follis

Metal

Bronze

Region

Byzantium

State

City

Constantinople

Ruler

Unknown

Date

976 to 1030

Obverse Figure Description

Christ, bust, facing, with nimbus cross, right hand raised, left hand holding book

Obverse Legend

+EMMA NOVHΛ

Obverse Attributes

• inscription, IC XC
• nimbus cross, with two pellets in each arm
• ornamentation on Gospel book, single pellet surrounded by border of dots

Reverse Figure Description

Legend, 4 lines, no ornamentation above or below

Reverse Legend

+IhSYS/XRISTYS/BASILEY'/BASILE'

Series

Anonymous Folles, Class A2, Var. 2

Citations

• DOC 5, Philip Grierson, Michael VIII to Constantine IX 1258-1453, 1999 3.650, Class A2 Var. 2 A2.2
• Sear, David R. Sear, Byzantine Coins and Their Values, 1987 376, Class A2 1813
• 597, Class A2 41/Cp/AE/31
• BMC.Byz., Warwick Wroth, Catalogue of the Imperial Byzantine Coins in the British Museum, 1908 477, Class I 8

References

• DOC 5
• Sear
• BMC.Byz.