Attributed to Basil II and Constantine VIII AD 976-1028. Constantinople
Anonymous follis Æ. Class A2

29mm., 10,31g.

[+ 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, five dots in each limb of the nimbate cross, [IC XC in fields] / + IҺSЧ[S] XRISTЧ[S] ЬASILЄ[Ч] ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field, arabesques above and below.

very fine

DOC A2.40; Sear 1813. From the Tareq Hani collection