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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 3632408, member: 44316&quot;]Class H folles are attributed to Michael VII, 1071-1078. Michael VII came to the throne as a minor when Romanus IV lost the disastrous battle of Manzikert in 1071. Cleverly, the Seljuk Turks who won the battle and captured Romanus did not kill him but had him sign a treaty and sent him back after only a week&#039;s captivity. But, it was too late. Michael was already on the throne and Romanus was taken and blinded even before he got back and he died shortly thereafter. Michael VII was under the regency of Psellus, Byzantine philosopher and historian (you can buy his book <i>Fourteen Byzantine Rulers</i> in Penguin paperback) who prepared him for philosophy, law, and scholarly dispute, but not to be the soldier the empire needed. Neglect of the army provoked generals to revolt and he was deposed, still a young man, in favor of Nicephorus III, who was already an old man and who, in turn, did not last long. As has been said before, Byzantine history is Byzantine.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]974370[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Anonymous follis, Class H, attributed to Michael VII.</p><p>28-24 mm. 6.56 grams.</p><p>Facing bust of Christ, nimbate, holding gospels.</p><p>Patriarchal cross, large dots at the top and ends of of the crossbars, floral pattern at the bottom.</p><p>Sear 1880.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a web site on anonymous folles:</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ByzAnon/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ByzAnon/" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ByzAnon/</a></p><p>The frequency table there shows Class H is about 2% of the anonymous folles in collections and less than 1% of excavation finds. </p><p><br /></p><p>Show us something Byzantine![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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