Anon. Follis Class B?

I just picked up a Romanus III Follis similar to the picture (borrowed from Wildwinds). It's referred to as a "class B". What does that mean?

 

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Here's a webpage that explains it:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=anonymous follis

 

Very helpful. Thanks.

Next question; on the obverse, Jesus Christ is abbreviated as IC XC
And the abbreviation for Jesus Christ on the reverse is IS XS.
Why do you suppose they would use two different abbreviations on the same coin?

 

Very nice example. I have just spent the last couple of hours reading about these when I saw your post. Yours is a very well struck piece. Plenty of detail and clarity in design.

 

One celator engraved the obverse; a different one engraved the reverse?

 

Unfortunately not mine. I borrowed this picture from wildwinds.com for the clarity.

 

I don't think the C/S situation is just a question of cutter choice. Except for Class C and the rare Class N which use C on both sides, all seem to have the IC XC obverse and S on the reverse. Mine below is a Class C. Being an overstrike does not make it a easy read.

 

As always another nice one sir