Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII AD 976-1025. Uncertain mint, possibly Thessalonica
Anonymous Follis Æ
28 mm, 9,94 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, rays and dots around central annulet on Gospels, in each limb of the nimbate cross X with dots, IC XC in fields / + IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field, ornament above and below.
very fine
DOC III Class A2.41; Sear 1818.