Attributed to Basil II and Constantine VIII AD 976-1028. Struck AD 1020-1028. Constantinople
Anonymous follis Æ. Class A3
30 mm., 11,75 g.
[+ ЄMMA]-NOVHΛ, nimbate bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, wearing tunic and himation, raising right hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in His left, X with dots in each limb of the nimbate cross, IC XC in fields / + IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field, ornament above and below.
good very fine
DOC III Class A2.41; Sear 1818.