CNG 91, Lot: 1111. Estimate $200. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Coin weights. temp. Basil II and Constantine VIII, 976-1025. Æ “Helioselenaton” weight (20mm, 4.18 g, 2h). + HΛI/OCЄΛH/NATON / TOΔЄ/ ЄAΦ PO/ TЄPON/ T(OV) T(OV)/ APΓЄI (Helioselenaton – “a” one lighter than this is a “do nothing” [i.e. not valid]). Bendall, Weights 18. EF.

Helioselenaton is a contemporary term for the last issue of histamena under Basil II and Constantine VIII.