Attributed to Basil II and Constantine VIII AD 976-1028. Struck circa AD 976-1025. Constantinople
Anonymous follis Æ. Class 2

28 mm., 9,21 g.

+ ЄMM[A]-NOV[H]Λ, nimbate bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, wearing tunic and himation, raising right hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in His left, in each limb of the nimbate cross square, IC XC in fields / + IҺS[ЧS] XRISTЧ[S] ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field, ornament [above] and below.

good very fine

Sear 1813; DOC A2.47.