174, Lot: 301. Estimate $100. Sold for $97. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous Folles. Time of Romanus IV, circa 1068-1071. Æ Follis (26mm, 7.85 g). Constantinople mint. Class G. Nimbate bust of Christ facing, raising right hand in benediction and holding scroll in left / Nimbate facing bust of the Virgin, orans. DOC III Class G; SB 1880. Good VF, brown patina. Nice for these, normally found poorly struck.

From the Chris Connell Collection.