BYZANTINE EMPIRE.Anonymous.AE.Follis.Class D Mint of CONSTANTINOPLE. ( 8.42g, 30mm, 6h )
Nimbate seated figure of Christ facing; holding book of gosples, in outer field
IC-XC.
Reverse.legend in three lines:
-+- /
IS XC /
BASILE /
BASIL / -∪- "
Jesus Christ, King of Kings "
Ref:Sear 1836.
Very fine, attractive patina, earthen deposit in fields, small carbon spots in fields-not active
This class is attributed to the reign of Constantine IX AD 1042-1058.