Attributed to Basil II and Constantine VIII AD 976-1028. Constantinople
Anonymous follis Æ. Class A2
28mm., 12,51g.
+ ЄMMA-NOVHΛ, 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 four rays around central dot, IC XC in fields / + IҺS[ЧS] XRISTЧ[S] ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field, ornament above and below.
good very fine
DOC A2.43; Sear 1813.
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