★ In exceptional condition for the issue ★

Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII, 976-1025. Tetarteron (Gold, 22 mm, 4.10 g, 6 h), Constantinopolis, 977-989. +IҺS XIS RЄX RЄGNANTIҺm Nimbate bust of Christ facing, wearing tunic and pallium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left. Rev. + bASIL C COҺSTAҺTI b R Crowned facing half-length busts of Basil II, with short-beard, wearing loros on the left, and Constantine VIII, beardless, wearing chlamys on the right, holding between them long patriarchial cross. DOC -. Füeg 12. SB 1802. Rare and in exceptional condition for the issue. Struck from a slightly worn reverse die, otherwise, extremely fine.

From the Nea Rhomē Collection, formed in the early 2000s.