Obverse: + EMMANOVHL: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger; holding book of Gospels; IC - XC barred, in fields.
Reverse: + IhSYS / XRISTYS / bASILEY / bASILE in four lines.
Sear Byzantine 1818, attributed to Constantine VIII - AD 1025-1028
31mm, 12.03 grams
outstanding detail on the face of Christ