Savoca Coins
Online Auction 31 | Silver 10 Mar 2019
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Attributed to Basil II and Constantine VIII AD 976-1028. Struck circa AD 1020-1028. Constantinople
Anonymous follis Æ. Class A3
33 mm., 11,23 g.
+ ЄMMA-NOVHΛ, nimbate bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, wearing tunic and himation, raising right hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in His left, rays and dots around central annulet on Gospels, in each limb of the nimbate cross X with dots, IC XC in fields / + IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field, ornament [above] and below.
nearly extremely fine
DOC III Class A2.41; Sear 1818.
Anonymous follis Æ. Class A3
33 mm., 11,23 g.
+ ЄMMA-NOVHΛ, nimbate bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, wearing tunic and himation, raising right hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in His left, rays and dots around central annulet on Gospels, in each limb of the nimbate cross X with dots, IC XC in fields / + IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field, ornament [above] and below.
nearly extremely fine
DOC III Class A2.41; Sear 1818.