Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AV Histamenon Nomisma (24.5mm, 4.41 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1005-1025. EF.Triton XXVII Byzantine, Coin-in-Hand Video, Gold Sold For $ 3 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AV Histamenon Nomisma (24.5mm, 4.41 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1005-1025. + IҺS XIS RЄX RЄςNANTIҺm, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator, nimbate, raising right hand in benediction and holding Gospels in left; upturned crescents in upper two quarters of nimbus / + ЬASIL C COҺSτAҺτI Ь R, crowned half-length busts of Basil, wearing loros, being crowned from above by manus Dei, and Constantine, wearing jeweled chlamys, both holding long cross between them. DOC 6a; Füeg II 6.B; SB 1800. Lightly toned with some luster, minor metal flaw, a few faint scratches. EF. A vibrant strike. |