Triton XVI, Lot: 1297. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AR Miliaresion (30mm, 2.87 g, 7h). Constantinople mint. Struck 989-1025. ЄΠ τOV TωNICAτ’ bASILЄIC CωnSτ’, ornamented cross set on four steps; to left, crowned bust of Basil facing, wearing loros, to left, crowned and draped bust of Constantine facing / - Θ -/ + bASIL’/ C CωhSτAh/ ΠORFVROς’/ ΠISτVbAS/ RωmAIω’/ - Θ -. DOC 20a; SB 1812. EF, lightly toned.