222, Lot: 484. Estimate $400. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AV Tetarteron (19mm, 4.21 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 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. VF, scratch on reverse that has been lightly smoothed.