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Numismatic Auction 68  15 Aug 2017
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Lot 281

Estimate: 75 USD
Price realized: 50 USD
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Basil II & Constantine VIII. ca. 1020-1028, anonymous issue. AE follis (31.71 mm, 12.52 g, 7 h). anonymous class A3. Constantinople mint, ca. 1020-1030. + ЄMMA-NOVHΛ, nimbate bust of Christ facing, two pellets in each limb of the numbus' cross, wearing pallium and colobium and holding book of gospels, cover ornamented with dots around central pellet; IC - XC in fields; all within dotted border / + IhSЧS / XRISTЧS / bASILЄЧ / bASILЄ , legend in four lines within dotted border; dot ornament in exergue. SBCV 1818. near EF / good VF, great facial features - well-centered and struck; green/tan patina with wear-contrast on devices.
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