Byzantine Follis, “Anonymous” Issue With Portrait of Christ, Reign of Constantine IX – 1059 to 1067 CE – Byzantine Empire Cheap Real Eastbay

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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