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Anonymous Follis, Class I
Description: Time of Nicephorus III (1078 - 1081). Anonymous Follis Class I, Constantinople mint. Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, gospels in left hand / Latin cross with X at center and globule and two pellets at each extremity, floral ornaments in lower fields; crescents in upper fields.
Diameter: AE26 mm
Weight: 6,18 g
Grade: VF/VF
Attribution: SBCV 1889
Commentary: brown patina with green deposits, good details, slightly off-center
History: Trying to secure his position as an emperor, Nicephorus III wanted to marry Eudocia Makrembolitissa, the widow of Constantine X and Romanus IV, despite her somehow advanced age of about 60.
Article Number: 052-07-01-41652