Anonymous Follis (Coin)
976-1028, attributed to Basil II and Constantine VIII
- Medium
- Bronze
- Classification
- Coin
- Dimensions
- Diam.: 3 cm (1 3/16 in.)
- Culture
- Istanbul
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. William Nelson Pelouze
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
The front of this coin bears a frontal image of Christ.
On the back is an as yet untranslated inscription.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
