Byzantine
Anonymous attributed to Romanus III (1028-1034 AD). Constantinople.
AE Follis (29mm 11.44g)
Obv: + ЄMMANOVHΛ - nimbate bust of Christ facing, square in each limb of cross; wearing pallium and collobium and holding book of Gospels;
Rev: IS - XS / bAS - ILЄ / bAS - ILЄ - legend in three lines divided by limbs of cross with dot at each extremity on three-stepped base
SBC 1823

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