Anonymous, time of Basil II and Constantine VIII, 976-1028. Follis (bronze, 6.49 g, 26 mm), Constantinople. Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with voided box in each limb, pallium and colobium, book of Gospels decorated with five pellets on cover in both hands, IC-XC across fields. Rev. +IhSϤS / XRISTϤS / bASILЄϤ / bASILЄ, legend in four lines; decorative element above and below. SB 1818. Nearly very fine.