373, Lot: 480. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AV Histamenon Nomisma (21mm, 4.40 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 977-989. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; ••, •, • in each arm of cross / Crowned facing busts of Basil, wearing loros, and Constantine, draped, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC 1; Füeg II 2.A; SB 1795. Near EF, minor deposits.