263, Lot: 417. Estimate $150. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. Æ (23mm, 10.22 g, 12h). Cherson mint. Large B; K-ω flanking / Cross crosslet on two steps; pellets flanking. Anokhin 445-8; DOC 19 (Basil I); SB 1717 (Basil I). VF, grayish-green patina. Scarce.