Byzantine Bronze Folles with Bust of Christ 976-1025 CE(MG)
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This bronze coin, class AE2, is an example of the anonymous Byzantine folles featuring the image of Jesus Christ, facing forwarda different style than Roman coins, which had portraits left- or right-facing. The reverse was originally a Greek inscription reading Jesus Christ, King of Kings, although subsequent issues varied. They were struck by subsequent emperors until the end of the First Crusade.
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