Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AV Histamenon Nomisma (28.5mm, 4.44 g, 7h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1005-1025. EF.

Triton XXVI
Lot: 955. Estimated: $ 1 500

Byzantine, Gold

Sold For $ 2 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AV Histamenon Nomisma (28.5mm, 4.44 g, 7h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1005-1025. + IҺS XIS RЄX RЄςNANTIҺm, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; crescents in upper quarters of nimbus / + ЬASIL Є COҺSτAҺτ IЬR, crowned half-length busts of Basil, wearing loros, with suspended crown above head, and Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding long cross between them. DOC 6a; Füeg II 6.B; SB 1800. Lustrous, double strike on obverse, a few minor scratches, die break on reverse. EF. Struck on a broad flan.

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