Byzantine Bronze Follis Coin - Jesus Christ King of Kings in a Sterling Silver Pendant | Artifact #6873

The Byzantine Bronze Follis: Jesus Christ, King of Kings in an Heirloom Pendant Please Note: This is an authentic ancient Byzantine Treasure Coin, and you will receive the exact pendant in the photographs and description. FOR PENDANT SIZE SEE COIN DETAILS BELOW By the early 5th Century, the once dominant Roman Empire was a fragmented collection of on-again, off-again allied or warring regions. Divided roughly between the western and eastern halves of the empire, the glory of Rome was no longer. Out of the ashes of this once great society rose the empire that would dominate European culture, economics and warfare for close to a millennium: The Eastern Roman, or Christian Byzantine Empire. It is from this mighty Christian empire, surrounded by non-christian kingdoms, that this regal bronze follis comes. Bearing a portrait of Jesus Christ with the book of the Gospels on the front, on the back is the bold legend in Greek: IhSuS / XRISTuS / bASILEu / bASILE which translates to JESUS CHRIST