Attributed to Constantine IX Monomachus AD 1042-1055. Constantinople
Anonymous follis Æ. Class D
28mm., 7,08g.
IC to left, XC to right of Christ, nimbate, seated facing on throne with back, holding book of Gospels in both hands / IS XS bASILЄ bASIL' in three lines, -cross- above, -crescent- below.
very fine
Sear 1836; DOC D.20-4.