ITALY, Apulia (ducato). Anonymous. Circa 1060-1080. Æ Follis (26.5mm, 5.66 g, 6h). Copying an anonymous Byzantine Class C issue. Uncertain mint in Calabria(?).

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ITALY, Apulia (ducato). Anonymous. Circa 1060-1080. Æ Follis (26.5mm, 5.66 g, 6h). Copying an anonymous Byzantine Class C issue. Uncertain mint in Calabria(?). Christ Antiphonetes standing facing, holding Gospels / IC|XC/ [NI]|KA in two lines divided by jewelled cross with pellet at each extremity. MEC 14, 61-2; cf. DOC C.1-48; cf. SB 1825 (for prototype). Green-brown patina. Good Fine.

From the collection of Simon Bendall.


Closing Date and Time: 29 July 2020 at 12:59:40 ET.

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