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Anonymous Follis (Class C)
Byzantine
Byzantine Period
A.D. 1042(?)–1050
Object Place: Byzantine, Middle East
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 27 mm; Weight: 7.56 gm; Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.4850
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Three-quarter-length figure of Christ Antiphonetes (DOC Type IVc) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus having pellet in each arm, wearing tunic and himation; r. hand raised in blessing in front of body; l. holds book. Reverse: IC XC NI KA in jeweled cross with pellet at each end of arm.
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.