348, Lot: 693. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

temp. Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. Æ “Helioselenaton” weight (17mm, 3.94 g, 1h). + HΛI/OCЄΛH/NATON / TOΔЄ/ ЄAΦ PO/ TЄPON/ T(OV) T(OV)/ APΓЄI (Helioselenaton – “a” one lighter than this is a “do nothing” [i.e. not valid]). Bendall, Weights 18. Fine, brown patina.

Helioselenaton is a contemporary term for the last issue of histamena under Basil II and Constantine VIII