Watch List notes:

BYZANTINE EMPIRE. Anonymous, Time of Romanus III, Ca. 1028-1034 AD. Æ Follis (10.94 gm; 32 mm). Constantinople mint. Class B. Facing bust of Christ, raising hand in benediction, holding Gospels; nimbus with pelleted square in arms of cross, • in first and second quarters / IS XS/BASILE/BASILE, cross with pellet at end of upper bar and ends of crossbar set on three steps. Cf. DOC III B.8 (for type); SB 1823. Double struck on reverse. Nice brown patina. Choice EF.