Constantine VIII, period of (1025-1028), copper follis (10.51 g), Anonymous Class A3, Constantinople mint, obv. Nimbate facing bust of Christ, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels, square in nimbus, traces of +EMMA NOVHA, around, four-line legend, square below legend, (S.1818) (illustrated); together with Constantine I, (307-337) AE half follis, (1.49 g), Treveri (Trier) mint, issued 310-311, rev. SOLI INVICTO around, Sol standing to left, PTR in exergue (S.16159, RIC 900, C.521, Strauss RN [1954] No.73a) (illustrated) very rare; together with a small AE of Valens, Antioch mint. First two nearly very fine, last fine and uneven edge, second very rare. (3)
Ex Noble Numismatics in their descriptive flip for the second coin.