AE Follis 10.90g. 28mm. c. 1020 A.D. Constantinople Mint
Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium, raising r. hand in benediction and holding gospels in l.; IC in l. field; XC in r. field.
+EMMANOVHA
Legend in four lines, ornament above and below.
+IhSUS / XRISTUS / bASILEU / BASILE
SB 1818 (anonymous follis class A3)
Brown patina.
Typical uneven strike and light roughness.
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