266, Lot: 478. Estimate $300. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AV Histamenon Nomisma (24mm, 4.36 g, 7h). Class VI. Constantinople mint. Struck 1005-1025. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; pellets in upper quarters / Crowned facing busts of Basil, wearing loros, and Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding long cross with globule on shaft between them. DOC 6b; SB 1800. Good VF, slightly wavy flan, scrapes and scuffs on both sides, some very minor deposits.