Big Coin Chain Necklace

Class A Coin is surrounded in hammered sterling silver and on 36” Brushed Silver Plate 4mm Box Chain. 

Class G Coin is surrounded in sterling silver and on 30” Brushed Silver Plate 4mm Box Chain. 

This Sterling Silver pendant is set with Ancient Byzantine Coin.

Denomination: Anonymous Folles, Bronze

 Date: 969-1092 AD

Description: Class A1 Anonymous Follis, Bust of Christ facing with nimbus cross with two dots in each limb of the cross, holding book of Gospels decorated with a border of dots and dot in centre / IhSUS XRISTUS bASILEU bASILE in four lines, sometimes with adornments above and/or below. Sear 1793.

History: This coin is part of a grouping of coins called “Anonymous Folles”. These coins are so-called because they do not bear the name or mark of any particular ruler. They were issued during the period between 969 and 1092 and include purely religious images and inscriptions. This particular coin is especially interesting because the obverse bears a portrait of Jesus Christ. The reverse side of most of these coins has the inscription in Latin “Jesus Christ, King of Kings”. According to sources from that period and numismatic data anonymous folles started to be struck during the period of John I. The copper coinage Byzantine Empire, between the accession to the throne of John I in 969 and the great monetary reform of Alexius I in 1092 is distinguished from that of earlier centuries in two respects. First, there is a portrait of Christ on copper coins, although it was an application preferred only on golden coins until that time. Second, they were not struck in the name of any emperor.

Jewelry Maintenance:

1. Avoid chemicals. Do not wear to hot tubs or sea.
2. To clean use a silver cloth on gold. Absolutely NO JEWELRY CLEANERS!
3. Best preserved in ziplock bag when not worn.

The jewelry made in the US.
The piece comes with a Certificate of Authenticity of the Coin.
Workmanship is guaranteed.