Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1028 AD. Constantinople. Class A3 Anonymous AE Follis. ( 26 mm, 9.22 g)
Obv: +EMMANOVHA, Bust of Christ Pantocrator facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with quatrefoil in arms of cross, tunic and himation, raising right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels with central pellets; IC XC across field
Rev: IhSUS-XRISTUS-bASILEU-bASILE (Jesus Christ King of Kings) legend in four lines, ornamentation above and below.
NGC VF
Sear Byz 1813; DOC 2.40.
Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1028 AD. Constantinople. Class A3 Anonymous AE Follis. ( 26 mm, 9.22 g)
Obv: +EMMANOVHA, Bust of Christ Pantocrator facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with quatrefoil in arms of cross, tunic and himation, raising right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels with central pellets; IC XC across field
Rev: IhSUS-XRISTUS-bASILEU-bASILE (Jesus Christ King of Kings) legend in four lines, ornamentation above and below.
NGC VF
Sear Byz 1813; DOC 2.40.