CNG 94, Lot: 1479. Estimate $500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AV Histamenon Nomisma (26mm, 4.39 g, 6h). Class VI. Constantinople mint. Struck 1005-1025. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; annulets in upper quarters / Crowned facing busts of Basil, wearing loros, and Constantine, draoed, holding long cross between them. DOC 6a; SB 1800. EF, slightly double struck.