Anonymous Folles, time of Basil II & Constantine VIII, circa 976-1025. Follis (Bronze, 28 mm, 11.69 g, 6 h), Constantinopolis. +ЄM[MANOV]HΛ 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; above and below, floral ornament. DOC Class A2.39. SB 1813. Minor weakness on the obverse, otherwise, extremely fine.

From the Nea Rhomē Collection, formed in the early 2000s, Leu Web Auction 24, 3-6 December 2022, 726.