Anonymous Folles. temp. Basil II & Constantine VIII, circa 976-1025. Æ Follis (27mm, 10.11 g, 6h). Class A2. Constantinople mint. + ЄMMA [NOVHΛ], facing bust of Christ Pantokrator, with two pellets in arms of nimbus; IC XC flanking / + IhSЧS/ XPISTЧS/ bASILЄЧ’/ bASILЄ’; floral scrolls above and below. DOC A2.24a; SB 1818. EF, green patina, a few cleaning marks. Attractive portrait of Christ.
Ex Gorny & Mosch 208 (16 October 2012), lot 2472.