1 Follis Byzantine Empire (330-1453) Bronze Nicephorus III Botani ...

Anonymous (attributed to Nicephorus III), AE Follis, Class I, 1078-1081

IC | XC across fields

Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, raising
right hand in benediction, book of Gospels in left hand, all inside border of large
pellets

Latin cross with X at center, globule and two pellets at each extremity,
floral ornament in either side of lower fields, crescents in either side of
upper fields

25mm, 5.23g