Anonymous, Time of Basil II & Constantine VIII, circa 970-1092. Follis (Bronze, 32 mm, 16.17 g, 6 h), Class A2, Constantinople, c. 976-1030/1035. +EMMANOVHΛ Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with five pellets in each limb of cross, pallium and colobium, and holding book of Gospels with the cover ornamented with two central pellets in border of dots; in field, IC – XC. Rev. + IhSYS / XRISTYS / bASILEY’ / bASILE' in four lines; pellet above and below. DOC A2.5. Sear 1813. Struck on a particularly broad flan with an appealing and untouched green patina. Very fine.