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

29 mm., 9,77 g.

+ ЄM[MA]-NOVHΛ, IC XC to left and right of bust of Christ, facing, with nimbate cross behind head, holding book of Gospels, with dot in centre of book's border, two dots in each limb of the cross / + IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ in four lines, ornament below.

good very fine

Sear 1813; DOC III A2.4.