Anonymous Æ 40 Nummi. Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII. Constantinople, circa AD 976-1065. + ЄMMA NOVHΛ, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator, holding book of gospels; IC-XC across fields / +IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ in four lines, ornaments above and below; all within dotted circular border. DOC Class A2; Sear 1813. 19.36g, 39mm, 6h.
Very Fine; struck on a broad flan.
From a private North American collection.