Byzantine
Anonymous follis atributted to Constantine IX (1050-1060 AD). Constantinople
AE Follis (29mm 10.88g)
Obv: Christ seated facing on throne with back, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, and holding book of Gospels with both hands, in left field IC with "-" above
Rev: ISXS/BASILE/BASIL, Inscription of three lines, ornament of cross-and-dashes above, below crescent-and-dashes.
DOC IIIb pp. 685-687; SB 1836