Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AV Histamenon Nomisma (24mm, 4.37 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 989-circa 1001. Good VF.

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Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AV Histamenon Nomisma (24mm, 4.37 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 989-circa 1001. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator, •|• in bars of nimbus / Crowned facing half-length figures of Basil, wearing loros, and Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross-crosslet between them. DOC 3b; Füeg II 3.B; SB 1797. Some luster, some minor weakness. Good VF.

From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex Roma E-Sale 68 (27 February 2020), lot 1339.


Closing Date and Time: 29 March 2023 at 13:29:00 ET.