Byzantine
Anonymous, Class A3. Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII (1020-1028 AD) Constantinople
AE Follis (23.3mm, 4g)
Obv: +EMMA-NOVHΛ, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with voided box in each limb, pallium and colobium, book of Gospels decorated with five pellets on cover in both hands, IC-XC (barred) across fields
Rev: +IhSϤS / XRISTϤS / bASILЄϤ / bASILЄ, legend in four lines; decorative element above and below.
Sear 1818.