BYZANTINE ANONYMOUS BRONZE IMITATIVE FOLLIS – CLASS A3 CHRIST PORTRAIT – AU NGC GRADED IMITATIVE BYZANTINE COIN (Inv. 18582)

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18582. BYZANTINE EMPIRE. ANONYMOUS ISSUE. ca. AD 1020–1028.
Bronze Follis, 25 mm. Imitative issue of a Class A3 follis, ca. AD 1020–1028 (Class A3).
Obv. + ЄMMANOVHΛ, facing bust of Jesus Christ holding Gospels, flanked by IC–XC. Rev. + IҺSЧS / XRISTЧS / ЬASILЄЧ / ЬASILЄ (Jesus Christ, King of Kings)
Sear 1818 (for the prototype).
NGC graded AU, a good imitation of the mainstream products of Constantinople, perhaps struck at a subsidiary mint. The legend is generally correct, although an S is retrograde and the style somewhat linear, with a decorative flourish to it.