Anonymous Follis c. 976 - 1035

Editor: Here we have an Anonymous Follis of indeterminate age, housed at the Harvard Art Museums. It's really quite weathered, and the imagery seems almost ghost-like. What stories do you think this little coin could tell us? Curator: Well, its very anonymity speaks volumes, doesn't it? Like a forgotten echo, it whispers of empires and everyday transactions. Imagine the hands it passed through, each a fleeting moment in a grand, unwritten narrative. Editor: It's like holding a piece of time itself. Curator: Precisely! A tangible link to an era we can only glimpse through fragments, inviting us to fill in the gaps with our own imaginings. It makes you wonder about the lives it touched, doesn’t it? Editor: Definitely. It's remarkable how one small object can evoke such grand contemplations.