1483. ANONYMOUS. Time of Nicephorus III. Circa 1080. AE Class M Follis (3.48 gm. IC-XC to left and right of Christ enthroned facing, wearing nimbus cross, holding book of gospels and raising right hand. Jewelled cross with three dots at each end, large crescent below. DOC III pg. 705, M.1; SB 1903 (Alexius I). VF. Extremely rare. ($850) In DOC III, pg. 639, Philip Grierson states "I am inclined to suppose that all three [anonymous classes L, M and N Folles] were struck by the pretenders with whom Nicephorus III had to contend with at the beginning and end of his reign..." CNG Mail bid sale #58, 18 Sept 2001, lot 1483. Lot sold for $800. Used by permission of CNG, www.historicalcoins.com