Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AR Miliaresion (22mm, 2.66 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 977-989.Electronic Auction 504 Byzantine, Silver Sold For $ 130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AR Miliaresion (22mm, 2.66 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 977-989. Cross crosslet, with saltire cross at center; all set upon globus above four steps; to left and right respectively, crowned facing busts of Basil, wearing loros, and Constantine, wearing chlamys / + ЬASIL’/C CωҺSTAҺ’/ ΠORFVROS’/ ΠISTOI ЬAS’/ RωMAIω’ in five lines; ornament above and below. DOC 17a; SB 1810. Deposits and encrustation, scratches, crystallized . Near VF. |