281, Lot: 489. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AV Nomisma (20mm, 4.20 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1005-1025. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / Crowned facing busts of Basil and Constantine, holding patriarchal cross with X on shaft between them. DOC 15b; SB 1806. Good VF, softly struck, light grafitto (“N”) on obverse.