★ Superb overstrike ★

Anonymous Folles. temp. John I, circa 969-976. Æ Follis (25 mm, 5.89 g). Class A1. Constantinople mint. Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with two pellets in arms of cross, tunic and himation, raising right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels with central pellets; IC XC across field / +IhSUS/XRISTUS/bASILEU/bASILE in four lines; single dot above and below. Over-strike on Romanus I Follis.