91, Lot: 196. Estimate $200. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BASIL II and CONSTANTINE VIII. 976-1025 AD. AR Miliaresion (25mm, 2.14 gm). Constantinople mint. Facing busts of Basil and Constantine flanking ornate cross / +bASIL/ C CWNSTAN/ PORFVROG/ PISTOI bAS/ ROMAIW in five lines across field. DOC III 17; SB 1810. VF, minor porosity, ragged flan.