Attributed to Basil II and Constantine VIII AD 976-1028. Struck circa AD 976-1025. Constantinople
Anonymous follis Æ. Class A2
30 mm., 10,28 g.
[+ Є]MMA-[NOV]HΛ, nimbate bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, wearing tunic and himation, raising right hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in His left, square in each limb of the nimbate cross, IC XC in fields / + IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field, square above and below.
good very fine
DOC A2.47; Sear 1813.