Attributed to Basil II and Constantine VIII AD 976-1028. Struck circa AD 1020-1028. Constantinople
Anonymous follis Æ. Class A3

30 mm., 9,60 g.

[+ ЄMMA]-NOVH[Λ], 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 / [+] IҺSЧ[S] XRISTЧ[S] ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field, ornament [above] and below.

good very fine

DOC III Class A2.41; Sear 1818.