1 Follis Byzantine Empire (330-1453) Bronze Alexius I Comnenus (1 ...

Anonymous (attributed to Alexius I), AE Follis, Class K, 1081-1118, Constantinople

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

MP | QV across fields

Three-quarter length figure of the Virgin orans, nimbate and wearing pallium and
maphorium, all inside border of large pellets

23mm, 7.99g