276, Lot: 493. Estimate $200. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AR Miliaresion (22mm, 2.03 g, 12h). Constantinople mint. Struck AD 977-989. Cross crosslet with central X set on globus atop four steps, between crowned facing busts of Basil and Constantine / Legend in five lines. DOC 18a.2; SB 1811. VF, lightly toned.

From the Collection of Dick Schultz.