97, Lot: 199. Estimate $150. Sold for $202. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BASIL II, Bulgaroktonos, and CONSTANTINE VIII. 976-1025 AD. AR Miliaresion (26mm, 3.00 gm). Constantinople mint. Busts of Basil and Constantine flanking ornate cross-crosslet; globus at foot of cross / +bASIL/ C CWNSTAN/
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G/ PISTV bAS/ ROMAIW; cross of four pellets above and below. DOC III 18a; SB 1811. VF, attractive old collection toning.
From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Stack's (3-5 May, 1984), lot 1762.