Anonymous, time of Basil II and Constantine VIII, 976-1028. Follis (bronze, 12.76 g, 33 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 in four lines; decorative element above and below. SB 1813. Very fine.