BYZANTINE EMPIRE.Anonymous Follis.class C.Mint of CONSTANTINOPLE. ( 8.26g, 27.8mm, 6h).
Three quarter standing figure of Christ Antiphonetes, cross nimbus behind, right hand raised in benediction, book of gospels in left.
Reverse.Jewelled cross, IC - XC / NI -KA within limbs.
Ref:Sear 1825.
Good very fine, overstrike on Anonymous follis Class B.( Sear 1823).
Anonymous Class C folles are attributed to the reign of Michael IV The Paphlagonian AD 1034-1041.
The obverse depicting Christ Antiphonetes is modeled after a known icon that was the favourite of the Empress Zoe, the widow of Michael IV.
Anonymous folles Class B are attributed to Romanus III AD 1028-1034.