Watch List notes:

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, ornament below; all within dotted circular border. DOC Class A3; Sear 1818 (Class A3). 16.72g, 32mm, 6h.

Very Fine; an exceptionally heavy example.

From the inventory of a European dealer.