★ Fascinating Bust of Christ Panthocrator ★

Basil II and Constantine VIII. 976-1028 AD. Class A2 Anonymous AE Follis. (28 mm. 19,91 g.). Constantinople. +EMMANOVHA, nimbate bust of Christ facing, holding book of gospels, five dots in each limb of the nimbus cross. Rev. IhSUS-XRISTUS-bASILEU-bASILE legend in four lines, ornamentation above and below. Sear Byz 1813; DOC 2.40. Fascinating example with perfectly defined Bust of Christ Panthocrator with all iconographic details clearly visible as well as the four lines legend on the reverse. Extremely Rare in this superb grade.