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MICHAEL VII DUCAS (1071-1078). Half Follis. Constantinople.
Obv: IC - XC.
Half length bust of Christ, holding book of gospels; IC - XC beneath cross.
Rev: + MIXAIΛ BACIΛ O Δ.
Half length bust of Emperor facing, holding labarum and globus cruciger.
Sear - ; Sommer - ; DOC - .
As a fraction of the common follis Sear 1878 some specimens of the half follis Sear 1880 are known. Our coin here seems to be the unrecorded fraction accomplishing the issue of the much rarer type Sear 1879, which is characterised by the IC-XC beneath the cross.
Condition: Very fine.
Weight: 1.96 g.
Diameter: 22 mm.
Obv: IC - XC.
Half length bust of Christ, holding book of gospels; IC - XC beneath cross.
Rev: + MIXAIΛ BACIΛ O Δ.
Half length bust of Emperor facing, holding labarum and globus cruciger.
Sear - ; Sommer - ; DOC - .
As a fraction of the common follis Sear 1878 some specimens of the half follis Sear 1880 are known. Our coin here seems to be the unrecorded fraction accomplishing the issue of the much rarer type Sear 1879, which is characterised by the IC-XC beneath the cross.
Condition: Very fine.
Weight: 1.96 g.
Diameter: 22 mm.