Rare & Handsome Basil II Miliaresion

246, Lot: 514. Estimate $500. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AR Miliaresion (31mm, 2.91 g, 12h). Constantinople mint. Struck 989-1025. Cross crosslet with central X set globus on four steps, between crowned facing busts of Basil and Constantine / Legend in five lines. DOC 20a; SB 1812. EF, some light porosity, broad flan. Rare.