Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII AD 976-1025. Struck AD 977. Constantinople fourree Miliaresion. (25mm, 3.2 g). [+] IhSЧ XSI-STЧS (sic) hICA, patriarchal cross crosslet on five steps, three borders of dots, the middle one ornamented with eight globules / + bASIL' C COnSτAn ΠORΓVROC ΠISτV bAS' RωmAIω in five lines, ormanent above and below, three borders of dots, the center one ornamented with eight globules.