$44 · MICHAEL IV 1034 AD- 1041 AD (q)

For sale from private collection this beautiful coin struck for Byzantine Emperor, Michael IV, 1034 - 1041 AD. Bronze Follis, Anonymous Class C type. Constantinople mint. 3/4 length figure of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, holding book of Gospels, IC-XC in fields. / IC-XC NI-KA in two lines divided by a jeweled cross with globules at the extremities. "ΙϹ ΧϹ ΝΙΚΑ", meaning "Jesus Christ Conquers." Size : 28 mm weight : 9.44 grams