Attributed to Basil II and Constantine VIII AD 976-1028. Constantinople
Anonymous follis Æ. Class A2
26 mm., 9,70 g.
+ ЄMA-N[O]VHΛ, nimbate bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, wearing tunic and himation, raising right hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in His left, one dot in each limb of the nimbate cross, IC XC in fields / [+] IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field, ornament above and below.
good very fine
DOC III, Class A2.1a var. (ornament); Sear 1818 (Class A3).
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