277, Lot: 354. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AV Histamenon Nomisma (21mm, 4.42 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 977-989(?). Facing bust of Christ Pantocrator; wedge in each arm of nimbus cross / Crowned busts of Basil and Constantine facing, holding patriarchal cross between and wearing loros and chlamys, respectively. DOC 2g; SB 1796. Good VF.