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<p>[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 25999131, member: 15588"]The Byzantine Anonymous Folles are fascinating for their iconography and all of the variations they went through. In Sear and Sommer, this one receives a "Class A3" attribution, but academic numismatists apparently don't recognize that class. Some consider it a slight weight variation class that occurred between Class A and Class B. I liked the details that this one preserved in the beard and the hair. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1653455[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1653456[/ATTACH]</p><p><i><font size="4">Constantine VIII & Basil II (976-1028); Æ Anonymous Follis, class A3, Obv: "+EMMA-NOVHA," Facing bust of Christ, left hand holding the book of Gospels, right hand making blessing gesture; Rev: "+IhSUS XRISTUS BASILEU BASILE" in 4 lines; 27mm, 9.69g, 6h; DOC A2.41, Sommer 40.3.6, Sear 1818</font></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 25999131, member: 15588"]The Byzantine Anonymous Folles are fascinating for their iconography and all of the variations they went through. In Sear and Sommer, this one receives a "Class A3" attribution, but academic numismatists apparently don't recognize that class. Some consider it a slight weight variation class that occurred between Class A and Class B. I liked the details that this one preserved in the beard and the hair. [ATTACH=full]1653455[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1653456[/ATTACH] [I][SIZE=4]Constantine VIII & Basil II (976-1028); Æ Anonymous Follis, class A3, Obv: "+EMMA-NOVHA," Facing bust of Christ, left hand holding the book of Gospels, right hand making blessing gesture; Rev: "+IhSUS XRISTUS BASILEU BASILE" in 4 lines; 27mm, 9.69g, 6h; DOC A2.41, Sommer 40.3.6, Sear 1818[/SIZE][/I][/QUOTE]
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