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ID:     R_129
Type:     Byzantine
Region:     BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Issuer:     Anonymous Folles
Date Ruled:     AD 1028-1034
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     Folles, Class B
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 1028-1034
Diameter:     27 mm
Weight:     10,14 g
Die Axis:     6 h
Obverse Legend:     + εMMANOVHA
Obverse Description:     Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with squares in each limb of the cross, pallium and colobium, holding ornamented book of Gospels in both hands; IC and XC in left and right fields and pellet in each upper quarter, and the book of Gospels is ornamented whith :.:
Reverse Legend:     IS - XS / bAS-ILE / bAS-ILE
Reverse Description:     Cross wich pellet at each extremity, stg- on three steps: in field, above transverse limbs of cross, IS-XS; beneath limbs bAS-ILE / bAS-ILE
Mint:     Constantinople
Primary Reference:     SBCV 1823
Reference2:     DOC pp. 696-9
Reference3:     BMC (Michael IV) 6-15
Photograph Credit:     Rosae
Source:     Rosae collection
Special Comments:     This type is often overstruck on folles of Clas A2. In DOC Catalogue Class B is asigned to time of Michael IV
Grade:     VF+
Notes:     Attributed to Romanus III