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ID:     RH41
Type:     Byzantine
Region:     BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Issuer:     Anonymous Folles
Date Ruled:     10th-11th Century A.D.
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     Folles, Class A3
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 976-1025
Diameter:     27.8 mm
Weight:     10.76 g
Obverse Legend:     + EMMA-NOVHA
Obverse Description:     Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with two pellets in each limb of the cross, holding ornamented book of Gospels in both hands; IC and XC in left and right fields
Reverse Legend:     +IhSyS / XRISTyS / bASILEy / bASILE
Reverse Description:     +IhSyS / XRISTyS / bASILEy / bASILE in four lines; 'dot' above inscription, leaf and dot design below
Mint:     Constantinople
Primary Reference:     SBV 1813
Photograph Credit:     Tom Mullally
Notes:     Struck during the Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII