Anonymous, Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII AD 976-1065. Constantinople
Anonymous Follis Æ

29 mm, 8,01 g

+ ЄM[MA-NOVHΛ], nimbate bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, wearing tunic and himation, raising right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in His left, two dots in each limb of the nimbate cross, IC XC in fields / + IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field, ornament below.

very fine

DOC Class A3; Sear 1818.