Specimen record
be-004
BE-004 Byzantine Empire, temp. Michael IV (AD 1034-1041). Bronze follis (7.93 gm, 30.25 mm), Class C, Constantinople. Sear 1825.
be-004
House record
Obverse
Half-length figure of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding the Gospel in his left hand; to left and right, ‘IC – XC’, abbreviation for ‘IHCOYC XPICTOC’ (‘Jesus Christ’ in Greek) and ‘ЄMMA–NOVΗA’ (‘God is with us’ in Greek).
Reverse
Jewelled cross with a pellet at each extremity; in the angles, ‘IC – XC / NI – KA’, abbreviation for ‘IHCOYC XPICTOC NIKA’ (‘Jesus Christ conquers’ in Greek).
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