86, Lot: 104. Estimate $300. Sold for $536. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BASIL II and CONSTANTINE VIII. 976-1025 AD. AV Histamenon Nomisma (26mm, 4.38 gm). Constantinople mint. Struck 1005-1025. Nimbate facing bust of Christ, holding Gospels / Crowned facing busts of Basil, wearing loros with square panels, and Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding long patriarchal cross between them. DOC III 6a; SB 1800. Good VF.