Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AV Histamenon Nomisma (22.5mm, 4.34 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1001-circa 1005. Good VF.

Electronic Auction 573
Lot: 798.
Closing Date: Oct 23 2024 10:00 ET

Byzantine, Gold

Estimate: $ 500

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Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AV Histamenon Nomisma (22.5mm, 4.34 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1001-circa 1005. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator, rosette of pellets in quarters of nimbus / Crowned half-length busts of Basil, wearing loros, with suspended crown above head, and Constantine, wearing chlamys, together holding long patriarchal cross-crosslet between them. DOC 4 var. (configuration of marks before and after legends); Füeg II 4.E/4.F (obv./rev.); SB 1798. Toned. Good VF. From a very scarce issue and with an obverse and reverse pair not recorded by Füeg.


Closing Date and Time: 23 October 2024 at 14:25:40 ET.

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