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Basil II and Constantine VIII, CE 976-1028

Class A3 anonymous AE follis, 26 mm, 8.0 gm

Obv: IC-XC to right and left of bust of Christ facing with nimbus cross behind head, 2 dots in each limb of the cross, holding book of gospels with dot in centre of the book's border
Rev:  +IhSUS XRISTUS bASILEU bASILE in four lines.  Likely Grierson type 45.
Ref:  SB 1818