Got Jesus?

ahahaha => well, I'm fairly sure that this forum knows my coin dimensions off by heart?!! ... for I'm not exactly coin-show-shy!!



but okay, here ya go ...

Anonymous Folles, Basil II & Constantine VIII Æ26 (Class A3)
Constantinople mint
circa 1020-1028
Diameter: 26 mm
Weight: 7.04 grams
Obverse: Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator
Reverse: Legend in four lines; ornament above and below
Reference: DOC A2.40; SB 1818
Other: 6h … dark gray-brown and red-brown patina




Oh my God => please don't click a "like" for this post, for this is merely because Warren wanted some coin-info (thanks, coin-dudes)

 

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this is my best of the type..






i'll spare you my worst. it's about the same really.

here is my favorite jesus coin, youthful christ without beard.

 

Great Coins and Info - Bless Y'all

 

Wow I didn't even know there was a Jesus Coin just checked on ebay, little to expensive for me, have to save up some extra money to get one, I really like it, thanks for sharing....

 

I have seen these well worn (flat faced) for $5 but one with facial details will cost more like $50-100. A problem with facing portraits of any kind is that facial details like noses tend to disappear. The cheapest Jesus coins are the cup shaped trachy of the late Byzantine period but the Christ side is usually the weaker of the two so a good one of these may be a bit high. Low grade examples of the type (first below) with Mary on the convex side might have a clear reverse with Christ (right) crowning the emperor Andronicus (left).
Christ on the convex side will be harder to find. Alexius III

 

Romanus III. 1028-1034 AD. Class B anonymous follis, 1028-1034 AD. Constantinople. 10.6g, 31.81mm

OBV: IC-XC to right and left of bust of Christ facing with nimbate cross behind head, square in each limb of nimbus cross, holding book of gospels, a dot in center of dotted square on book.

REV: IS-XS BAS-ILE BAS-ILE to left and right above and below cross on three steps.

REF: SB 1823.

 

Warren,
You are right, my flan is small, and your right again, I should have put the dimensions. I used to be very particular about that when posting a coin but I have grown soft.

Class A1, 24 mm x 21 mm x 7.36 grams
John I Tzimisces
Constantinople mint, 969 - 976 A.D.
Obv. EMMANOVHL, facing headof Christ, two pellets in each cross limb, Pallium and colobium, holding ornamented Gospels with both hands, to left IC, to right XC;
Rev. + IhSuS / XRISTuS / bASILEu / bASILE (Jesus Christ Kingof Kings)
Ref: SBCV1793