TYPE Byzantine Empire, Constantine IX Monomachos (1042-1055 AD), bronze anonymous follis, class D
DESCRIPTION .
Obv: Christ enthroned facing, wearing numbus and holding Book of Gospels, Greek legend IC XC ("Jesus Christ")
Rev: Greek legend IS XS BASILE BASILE ("Jesus Christ, King of Kings") in three lines, ornament below, cross above
REFERENCE: SB 1836
GRADING: AVF, mostly black patina, some pitting
ORDER INFO: B1714, $34