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ID:     221follisrosae
Type:     Byzantine
Region:     BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Issuer:     Anonymous Folles
Date Ruled:     AD 10th-11th Century
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     Folles, Class A2
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 985-1025
Diameter:     35 mm
Weight:     18,40 g
Die Axis:     6 h
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:     SBCV 1813
Photograph Credit:     Rosae
Source:     Rosae collection
Special Comments:     Class A-2 DOC
Grade:     VF
Notes:     Struck during the Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII