Byzantine
Attributed to Basil II and Constantine VIII (976-1028 AD) Constantinople
AE Follis (27.5mm, 9.3g)
Obv: + ЄMMA-NOVHΛ, nimbate bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, wearing tunic and himation, raising right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in His left, square in each limb of the nimbate cross, IC XC in fields
Rev: + IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field, square above and below.
Berk 948; Sear 1813.