Anonymous Follis, Class I
80,00 €
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.
Specifications
| Diameter [mm]: | AE26 |
| Weight [g]: | 6,18 |
| Grade: | VF/VF |
| Attribution: | SBCV 1889 |
| Commentary: | brown patina with green deposits, good details, slightly off-center |
Historical Context
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.
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