CNG 96, Lot: 1017. 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, 4.46 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1005-1025. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; crescents in upper quarters of nimbus / Crowned facing busts of Basil, wearing loros, and Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding long cross between them. DOC 6a; SB 1800. Near EF, minor deposits, a few scratches, small ding on obverse.