Description: Time of Nikephoros III, ca 1078 - 1081 AD. Anonymous AE Follis Class I, Constantinople mint. Nimbate bust of Christ, raising right hand in benediction and holding Gospels / Ornate cross rising from florets, flanked by crescents.

Diameter: AE26 mm

Weight: 4,06 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: SB 1889

Commentary: brown patina, attractive details, reverse slightly off-center

History: The relatively late appearance of Christ image on Byzantine coinage results from the controversies during the iconoclastic period, where any religious depictions were considered a heresy.

Article Number: 050-01-06-41652