351, Lot: 721. Estimate $100. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous Folles. temp. Basil II & Constantine VIII, circa 1020-1028. Æ Follis (28mm, 9.86 g, 6h). Class A3. Uncertain (Thessalonica?) mint. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / + IҺSЧS/ XRISTЧS/ ЬASILЄЧ/ ЬASILЄ in four lines; – ◊ – above and below. DOC A2.41; SB 1818. VF, green and gray-brown patina, areas of light porosity.

From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.