53, Lot: 137. Estimate $150. Sold for $257. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BASIL II. 976-1025. AV Histamenon Nomisma (4.38 gm). Struck 1005-1025. Draped bust of Christ facing, holding Gospels and wearing nimbus cruciger with crescents in upper corners / Facing crowned and draped busts of Basil, on left, and Constantine, on right. DOC III 6a; SB 1800. Fine/VF, cracked, crinked, scraped and scratched. ($150) Ex. Superior (December 5-6, 1997), lot 1864.