289, Lot: 459. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AV Histamenon Nomisma (23mm, 4.38 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / Crowned half-length facing busts of Basil, wearing loros, and Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC 2; SB 1796. Near VF, minor areas of flat strike.