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Anonymous Follis (Class B)
Byzantine
Byzantine Period
A.D. 1030/5–1042
Object Place: Byzantine, Middle East
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 29 mm; Weight: 9.62 gm; Die Axis: 5
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.4840
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Christ facing, with cross nimbus; l. holds book. Reverse: IS XS bAS ILЄ bAS ILЄ Cross on base and two steps. Coin very worn.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.