Watch List notes:

ANCIENT COINS. BYZANTINE. Mint of Constantinople unless otherwise stated. Anonymous (attributed to Constantine VIII, A.D. 1025-1028), Æ Follis, 6.97g, 6h. Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus with five pellets in each limb of cross, holding book of Gospels. Rev. legend in four lines; ornament above and below (DO A.2, 40b var; S 1818).Dark green patina, nearly extremely fine and a good example of this issue.
Purchased from M&M, Basel, 1989

Estimate: US$ 100