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Numismatic Auction 64 24 January 2017
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Anonymous (attributed to Constantine IX). Ca. 1042-1055. AE follis (28.00 mm, 8.06 g, 7 h). Class D anonymous. Constantinople mint. nimbate Christ seated facing on throne with back; wearing pallium and colobium and holding book of Gospels with both hands; IC - XC / IS XS / bASILЄ / bASIL, inscription in three lines, ornament of cross-and-dashes above, crescent-and-dashes below. SBC 1836; DOC pp. 685-7 . good Fine, desert patina makes for dramatic contrast, eye-appeal .