Byzantium. Anonymous bronze Follis, 29mm, 10.43g, circa 1020, attributed to the sole reign of Constantine VIII and also to last years of Basil II, obverse; [+ ЄMMANOVHΛ], bust of Christ, facing, wearing nimbus, pallium & colobium and holding, with both hands, book of Gospels with ornamented cover, IC to right, XC to left, reverse; + IhSЧS / XRISTЧS / bASILЄЧ / bASILЄ in four lines, ornaments above and below, S-1818, NF, obverse legends effaced
