Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AV Histamenon Nomisma (21.5mm, 4.32 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 977-circa 989. VF.

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Lot: 646. Estimated: $ 400

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Sold For $ 800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AV Histamenon Nomisma (21.5mm, 4.32 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 977-circa 989. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; pellet-in-annulet in each arm of nimbus cross / Crowned facing busts of Basil, wearing loros, and Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross between them; small crossbar on shaft. DOC 2j; Füeg II 2.J; SB 1796. Some luster, minor scuff and die rust on reverse, scratches and marks mostly on the reverse. VF.


Closing Date and Time: 22 February 2023 at 13:35:00 ET.

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