260, Lot: 595. Estimate $300. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AR Miliaresion (29mm, 2.50 g, 7h). Constantinople mint. Struck 989-1025. Cross crosslet with central X set globus on four steps, between crowned facing busts of Basil and Constantine / Legend in five lines. DOC 20a; SB 1812. Near EF, die break on reverse. Rare and attractive.