Attributed to Basil II and Constantine VIII AD 976-1028. Constantinople
Anonymous follis Æ. Class 2

29 mm., 11,45 g.

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

good very fine

Cf. Sear 1813.

The arrangement of dots and squares in limbs of the nimbate cross of Christ is certainly a remarkable attribute of this anonymous follis.