147, Lot: 567. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous Folles. Time of Basil II & Constantine VIII, circa 1020-1028. Æ Follis (26mm, 8.81 g). Constantinople mint. Nimbate bust of Christ facing, holding book of Gospels; five pellets in nimbus / Legend in four lines. Cf. DOC III A2.35; SB 1818. VF, brown patina, minor encrustation.

From the Henry Chitwood Collection.