#g916# Byzantine Follis coin of Romanus III from 1028-1034 AD (Constantinople) HQ persians and arabs who professed

persians and arabs who professed an unremitting hatred for all Christian nations

this choice proved to be so unpopular that the Senate sought and found the grandson of Gordian I and named him Caesar so as to give an air of a dynastic lineage

REFERENCE: SNG BM Black Sea 284-286

REFERENCE: RIC 237

REFERENCE: SNG Cop 868

#g916# Byzantine Follis coin of Romanus III from 1028-1034 AD (Constantinople) HQ persians and arabs who professedWelcome to cc coins Up for auction is a Anonymoys 'type' Byzantine Follis coin issued during the reign of Romanus III between 1028 1034 AD ID#916g (UK) Diameter: 30mm MINT: Constantinople OBVERSE; + EMMANOVH Bust of Christ facing, holding book of Gospels. REVERSE; IS XS BAS ILE BAS ILE Cross on three steps with pellet at each extremity. REFERENCE: Sear 1823