Attributed to Basil II and Constantine VIII AD 970-1092. Struck circa AD 976-1030/1035. Constantinople
Anonymous follis Æ. Class 2
30 mm., 11,62 g.
[+ ЄMMANOVHΛ], 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] [X]RISTЧ[S] [Ь]ASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field, between two arabesques.
very fine
DOC A2.39; Sear 1813.