233, Lot: 568. Estimate $150. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AR Miliaresion (21mm, 2.47 g, 12h). Constantinople mint. Struck 977-989. Cross crosslet with central X set globus on four steps, between crowned facing busts of Basil and Constantine / Legend in five lines. DOC 17; SB 1810. VF, small flan crack at 11 o’clock.