Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AV Histamenon Nomisma (26mm, 4.40 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1019-1025. +IҺS XIS RЄX RЄςNANTIҺm, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; crescents in upper quarters of nimbus / +ЬASIL Є COҺSτAҺτIҺ R, crowned half-length busts of Basil, wearing loros and being crowned from above by
manus Dei, and Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding long cross between them. DOC 6a; Füeg II 6.B; SB 1800. Good VF.
