1028-1034 AD., Romanus III, Æ Follis, Constantinopolis mint, Sear BC 1823.
Anonymous, attributed to Romanus III, Constantinopolis mint, 1028-1034 AD.,
Æ Follis (28-31 mm / 9,60 g), overstruck on earlier follis,
Obv.: [+ EMMA - NOV]HΛ , bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus, holding book of Gospels decorated with five pellets, in fields [I]C - XC.
Rev.: cross with pellet at each extremity on three steps; above limbs, [IS-XS] ("Jesus Christ"); beneath, AS-IL[E] / bAS-IL[E] ("King of Kings").
Sear BC 1823 (anonymous class B) ; DOC III pg. 676-9 ; Ratto 1977 .