Anonymous Folles, time of Basil II & Constantine VIII, circa 976-1025. Follis (Bronze, 31 mm, 11.81 g, 6 h), Constantinopolis. +ЄMMA[NOЧH]Λ Nimbate bust of Christ facing, wearing tunic and pallium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left; in fields, IC - XC. Rev. +IҺSЧS / XRISTЧS / bASILЄЧ / bΑSILЄ in four lines. DOC Class A2. SB 1813. Repatinated and the reverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, good very fine.

From a European collection, acquired before 2021.