Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 1216. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $1150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BASIL II & CONSTANTINE VIII. 976-1025 AD. AV Histamenon (4.42 gm). Constantinople mint. Struck 977 AD. +IhS XIS REX REGNANTInM, nimbate facing bust of Christ, holding Gospels / +bASIL' C COnSTAnTI b R', crowned facing busts of Basil, wearing loros with square panels, and Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding long patriarchal cross between them. DOC III 3; cf. BN 1; SB 1797. Choice EF. Rare. ($1000)