Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AV Histamenon Nomisma (25.5mm, 4.42 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1005-1025. Choice EF.

CNG Feature Auction 121
Lot: 1125. Estimated: $ 4 000

Byzantine, Coin-in-Hand Video, Gold

Sold For $ 8 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AV Histamenon Nomisma (25.5mm, 4.42 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1005-1025. + IҺS XIS RЄX RЄςNANTIҺm, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; upturned crescent in upper two quarters of nimbus; pellet on nimbus / + ЬASIL Є COҺSτAҺτIҺ R, crowned half-length busts of Basil, wearing loros and being crowned from above by manus Dei, and Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding long cross between them. DOC 4a; Füeg II 6.B¹; SB 1800. Lustrous. Choice EF. Fine style portrait of Christ.

From the Willamette Valley Collection. Ex Triton XXIII (14 January 2020), lot 937.


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