Byzantine Emipre. Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AR Miliaresion (21.5mm, 2.16 g, 12h). Constantinople mint. ЄҺ TOVTω ҺICAT ЬASILЄI C CωҺST, cross crosslet set on pellet on four steps; X at center, • above crescent on shaft; to left, facing crowned busts of Basil and Constantine / + ЬASIL / C CωҺSTAҺ / ΠORFVROS / ΠISTOI ЬAS / RωMAIω, legend in five lines; decoration, -+-, above and below. Sear 1810. Very fine.