213, Lot: 523. Estimate $150. Sold for $126. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous Folles. Time of Romanus IV, circa 1068-1071. Æ Follis (24mm, 7.96 g, 5h). Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / Facing bust of the Theotokos, orans. DOC pp. 692-4, Class G; SB 1867. Good VF, Dark green patina.

The stellate pattern in the obverse left field is perhaps simply a remnant of a previous striking as opposed to a new variant of the class G anonymous folles.