Anonymous Folles. temp. Romanus III, circa 1028-1034. Æ Follis (23mm, 10.03 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. +EMMA NOVHL, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; square in each arm of nimbus, five pellets on Gospels / + IS–XS/ ЬA–ILЄ/ ЬAS–ILЄ in three lines divided by cross set on three steps. DOC III.2, B.18; SB 1823. Fair/VF, brown patina.
From the Ken Bressett Collection.