Anonymous, time of Basil II and Constantine VIII, 1020-1028. Follis (bronze, 15.47 g, 32 mm), Constantinople. +EMMA-NOVHΛ 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. Very fine.