Attributed to Basil II and Constantine VIII AD 976-1028. Constantinople
Anonymous Follis Æ
29 mm, 10,15 g
Pantokrator facing, wearing tunic and himation, raising right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in His left, square 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
Sear 1818.