Savoca Coins
Online Auction 23 | Silver 17 Jun 2018
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Attributed to Basil II and Constantine VIII AD 976-1028. Anonymous follis Æ, Class 2. Constantinople
Follis Æ
27mm., 11,01g.
+ ЄMMA-NOVHΛ, IC XC to left and right of bust of Christ, facing, with nimbate cross behind head, holding book of gospels, with dot in centre of book's border, two dots in each limb of the cross / ЬASILЄ (A and L upside down) ЬASILЄЧ (A and Ч upside down) XRISTSЧ (sic) (R, T and Ч upside down) + IҺSЧS (Һ and Ч upside down) upwards in four lines, ornament above and below.
good very fine
Sear 1813.
Follis Æ
27mm., 11,01g.
+ ЄMMA-NOVHΛ, IC XC to left and right of bust of Christ, facing, with nimbate cross behind head, holding book of gospels, with dot in centre of book's border, two dots in each limb of the cross / ЬASILЄ (A and L upside down) ЬASILЄЧ (A and Ч upside down) XRISTSЧ (sic) (R, T and Ч upside down) + IҺSЧS (Һ and Ч upside down) upwards in four lines, ornament above and below.
good very fine
Sear 1813.