205, Lot: 476. Estimate $100. Sold for $66. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous Folles. Time of Basil II & Constantine VIII, circa 1020-1028. Æ Follis (31mm, 10.37 g, 6h). Class A3. Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels; two pellets in nimbus / Legend in four lines. DOC A3; SB 1818. Near VF, dark grey-green patina.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.