TYPE Byzantine Empire, Romanos III Argyros (1028-1034 AD), bronze anonymous follis, class B
DESCRIPTION .
Obv: Bust of Christ facing, wearing numbus and holding Book of Gospels, legend IC XC (Greek denoting Jesus Christ)
Rev: Cross on three steps, legend IS XS BASILE BASILE ("Jesus Christ, King of Kings") in three lines
REFERENCE: SB 1823
GRADING: AVF, brown patina, some roughness and encrustation
ORDER INFO: B1506, $30