Basil II Bulgaroktonos, 976-1025. Miliaresion (Silver, 25 mm, 2.56 g, 6 h), Constantinopolis, 989. ΘCЄ bΘ TOIS bASILS' ('O Virgin aid the emperors' in Greek) Bust of the Virgin Nikopoios facing, nimbate and wearing pallium and maphorium, holding with her both hands medallion of infant Christ, nimbate; in fields, MHP - ΘV. Rev. ✠ mЄR ΘЧ / DЄDOIASM / O ЄIS SЄ ЄL / ΠIZⲰҺ OЧ / CAΠΟT X ('Mother of God, full of glory, he who putteth his trust in thee will never fail in his undertakings' in Greek) in five lines. DOC 19. SB 1809. Holed and somewhat porous, otherwise, good very fine.

Ex Leu Web Auction 19, 26-28 February 2022, 3346 and previously from a European collection, formed before 2005.