Attributed to Basil II and Constantine VIII AD 976-1028. Struck circa AD 1020-1028. Constantinople
Anonymous follis Æ
30 mm., 7,81 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 four 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 (Class A3).