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Jesus Crist and Virgin Orans.
BYZANTINE ANONYMOUS Class G Bronze Follis (26mm, 4.34 gm.)
Struck during the reign of Romanus IV, Diogenes -
Byzantine Emperor: 1 January 1068 A.D. - 19 August 1071 A.D.
Reference: Sear 1867; B.N., pp. 602-3, nos. 124-48; B.M.C.
(Constantine IX) 19-25. R. (Constantine IX) 1991-3 -
Bust of Christ facing , wearing a nimbus crown, pallium and colobium, and raising right hand in benediction; in left hand, scroll; to left, IC; to right, XC; border of large pellets.
Facing bust of the Virgin Orans, nimbate and wearing pallium and maphorium; to left, MP; to right, ΘV; border of large pellets.
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anonymous 2015-08-19 |