Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted January 29 · Member Share Posted January 29 (edited) Anonymous Folles. temp. Basil II & Constantine VIII, circa 976-1025. Æ Follis (28.92g). Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / + IҺSЧS / XRISTЧS / ЬASILЄЧ / ЬASILЄ in four lines; ornament above and below. SB 1813 This coin somewhat intrigued me, and I added it in to an order, in hopes that it might be a large module one (the large weight stated). The dealer goofed and didn't add size, although I somewhat suspect that the weight might be the size,i.e. 28.92mm. The earthen fill makes it hard to make out details. I'm relatively sure I spotted one bar of a central X on the book, and I interpreted the reverse as an "a'. For those who don't have DOC, the Forum table's numbers are the same. https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Anonymous Byzantine Class A Folles Question about DOC. Most A2 entries have an "A" of differing styles, posted in the descripiton. Is that referring to the style of A on the reverse description? Edit: DOC doesn't list a weight for A2.29, and says only listed by Bellinger. 42 orange was my second guess. Edited January 29 by Nerosmyfavorite68 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted January 29 · Member Author Share Posted January 29 It could also be 41. 28.92g is unlikely. That would be heavy, even for the monster-sized ones. The price also would have been a lot higher for a 40mm. example. It's probably 28mm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted January 30 · Member Author Share Posted January 30 Any ideas? I emailed Savoca, asking for a confirmation of weight and size. Does A2.29 even exist? The rear bottom decoration rather looks like a squished A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catadc Posted January 30 · Member Share Posted January 30 7 hours ago, Nerosmyfavorite68 said: Any ideas? I emailed Savoca, asking for a confirmation of weight and size. Does A2.29 even exist? The rear bottom decoration rather looks like a squished A. It is most probably a 47, which is one of the common A2s. As for the "28g" - no way. If you get any byzantine, let alone A2s, at 28g, let me know; I would like to see it. My A2.47 is 30 mm and 14g and quite similar in style to the OP. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted January 30 · Member Author Share Posted January 30 Yes, I havent heard anything back from Savoca, but I suspect it's 28.92mm, not grams. Too bad, but it's cheap enough where I can write it off as another example. Thanks for the help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Kowsky Posted January 30 · Member Share Posted January 30 The coin pictured below is an A2 from my collection ☺️. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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