Attributed to Basil II and Constantine VIII AD 976-1028. Constantinople Anonymous follis Æ. Class A2 (27mm., 10.95 g).
+ 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, in each limb of the nimbate four rays around central dot, IC XC in fields / + IҺS[ЧS] XRISTЧ[S] ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field, ornament above and below.