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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Justin Lee, post: 4833724, member: 87404&quot;]Your&#039;s are very nice! I&#039;ve been working on collecting all the Classes (types) of Anonymous Byzantine folles with Christ. Here are a few of my favorites...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/collagemaker_20190729_143814949.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><font size="3">John I, Ruled 969-976 AD</font></p><p><font size="3">AE <b>Class A1</b> Anonymous Follis</font></p><p><font size="3">Constantinople Mint</font></p><p><font size="3">Obverse: + EMMANOVHL, facing bust of Christ, wearing nimbus cruciger, two pellets in each cross limb, pallium and colobium, holding ornamented Gospels with both hands, to left IC, to right XC.</font></p><p><font size="3">Reverse: + IhSuS / XRISTuS / bASILEu / bASILE (Jesus Christ King of Kings) in 4 liines.</font></p><p><font size="3">References: Sear 1793</font></p><p><font size="3">Size: 25-26mm, 6.02g</font></p><p><font size="3"><i>Notes: Frequently over-struck on folles of Nicephorus II or Constantine VII.</i></font></p><p><font size="3">Ex: Anthony DiDonato Collection</font></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/collagemaker_20190704_163429035.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><font size="3">Constantine IX, AE <b>Class D</b> Anonymous Follis, Constantinople Mint, 1042-1055 AD</font></p><p><font size="3">Obverse: Nimbate figure of Christ Pantokrator seated facing on throne, holding Gospels; barred IC-XC across field.</font></p><p><font size="3">Reverse:&nbsp; – + -/IS XS/ЬASIL[Є]/ЬASIL/- (crescent) – in five lines.</font></p><p><font size="3">References: DOC pp. 685-7, Sear 1836</font></p><p><font size="3">Size: 30mm, 7.4g</font></p><p><font size="3"><i>Notes: Appears to be overstruck or double struck based on arch from 1 to 3 o’clock on reverse and other areas around edges.&nbsp; They are often overstruck on class C folles attributed to the period of Michel IV (1034-1041). Sear expresses the idea that they were struck during a decade between Constantine IX and Constantine X, eventually replaced by the class E folles.</i></font></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20180917_202536614.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><font size="3">Michael IV</font></p><p><font size="3">AE <b>Class C</b> Anonymous Follis, Constantinople Mint, 1034-1041 AD</font></p><p><font size="3">Obverse: +EMMA-NOVH L, Three-quarter length figure of Christ standing, facing, holding up his right hand in benediction. The book of Gospels in his left hand. IC – XC in fields.</font></p><p><font size="3">Reverse: IC – XC / NI – KA, Jeweled cross, with pellet at each extremity.</font></p><p><font size="3">References: Sear 1825</font></p><p><font size="3">Size: 29.5mm x 24mm, 6.7g</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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