115,00 €
Time of Romanus III (1028 – 1034). AE Anonymous Follis, Class B. Facing bust of Christ, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, holding gospels with both hands / Cross on three steps with pellet at each extremity, in fields IS-XS-bAS-ILE-bAS-ILE.
| Diameter [mm]: | AE31 |
| Weight [g]: | 11,04 |
| Grade: | aVF/aVF |
| Attribution: | SBCV 1823; DO 26 |
| Commentary: | dark grey-brown patina, well centered, good details |
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.
