Attributed to Basil II and Constantine VIII AD 976-1028. Struck circa AD 1020-1028. Constantinople
Anonymous follis Æ. Class A3
32 mm., 11,97 g.
[+ ЄMM]A-N[OVHΛ], nimbate bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, wearing tunic and himation, raising right hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in His left, rays and dots around central annulet on Gospels in each limb of the nimbate cross X with dots, IC XC in fields / + IҺSЧS XRISTЧ[S] ЬASILЄ[Ч] ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field, ornament above and below.
very fine
DOC III Class A2.41; Sear 1818
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Starting price | 75 EUR |