Anonymous Folles, time of Basil II & Constantine VIII, circa 976-1025. Follis (Bronze, 31 mm, 10.80 g, 6 h), Constantinopolis. +ЄMMANOVHΛ Nimbate bust of Christ facing, wearing tunic and pallium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left; in fields, IC - XC. Rev. +IҺSЧS / XRISTЧS / bASILЄЧ / bΑSILЄ in four lines; above and below, geometric ornament. DOC Class A2. SB 1813. Some deposits, otherwise, very fine.

From the collection of Prof. Dr. Hans-Ulrich Geiger, privately acquired from Serge Butin on 12 December 1975 (with collector's ticket).