Anonymous Æ Nummus. Class A3. Uncertain mint (Thessalonica?), time of Basil II and Constantine VIII, circa AD 1020-1028. + ЄMMANOVHΛ, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; IC-XC across fields / + IҺSЧS - XRISTЧS - ЬASILЄЧ - ЬASILЄ in four lines; ornament above and below. DOC A2.24; Sear 1818. 10.73g, 26mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Rev. somewhat double struck. Very attractive in hand.