Anonymous Follis (Coin)

CC0 Public Domain Designation

Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

976-1028, attributed to Basil II and Constantine VIII

Byzantine

The front of this coin bears a frontal image of Christ.

On the back is an as yet untranslated inscription.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

Artist: Byzantine
Title: Anonymous Follis (Coin)
Place: Istanbul (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Struck 976 CE–1028
Medium: Bronze
Inscriptions: Reverse: + IhSuS / XRISTuS / bASILEu / bASILE
Dimensions: Diam.: 3 cm (1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. William Nelson Pelouze
Reference Number: 1923.1412
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Mrs. William Nelson (Helen T.) Pelouze (1866-1953), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1923.

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