Anonymous (attributed to Basil II and Constantine VIII). Ca. 1025-1028. AE "Class A2" anonymous follis (27.3 mm, 8.81 g, 5 h). Constantinople mint. +ЄmmA NOVHA, IC-XC to left and right of bust of Christ, facing, with nimbate cross behind head, holding book of gospels / +IhSUS XRISTUS bASILEU bASILE, legend in four lines. SBV 1818; DOC A2. aVF, sandy patina.
Ex Thomas Bently Cederlind Estate.