Attributed to Basil II and Constantine VIII AD 976-1028. Constantinople
Anonymous Follis Æ
33 mm, 17,31 g
+ ЄMMA-NOVHΛ, IC XC to left and right of bust of Christ, facing, with nimbate cross behind head, holding book of gospels, two dots in each limb of the cross / +IhSЧS XRISTЧS bASILEЧ bASILE in four lines, ornament above and below.
very fine
Sear 1813.
From the Tareq Hani collection