Byzantine Coins, 7th - 13th Centuries
Anonymous (attributed to Romanus III). ca. 1028-1034. AE follis. Anonymous Class B. Constantinople mint. +ЄΜΜΑΝΟΩΗΑ, bust of Christ facing, nimbate, with two pellets in each limb of cross, wearing pallium and colobium and holding book of Gospels with central pellet and dots in each corner of cover / IS - XS / bAS - ILЄ / bAS - ILЄ , legend in three lines divided by limbs of cross with pellet at each extremity standing on three steps. SBCV 1823; DOC pp. 676-9.
Condition: Very Fine

Weight: 8.2 gr
Diameter: 27 mm