Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII, 976-1025. Histamenon nomisma (Gold, 23 mm, 4.12 g, 7 h), Constantinople, 989-1001. +IhS XIS REX REGNANTIhM Bust of Christ Pantocrator facing, wearing cross nimbus, right hand raised in blessing, left holding Gospels. Rev. +bASIL C CONStANTI bA Crowned bust of Basil II facing, wearing chlamys, on left, and crowned bust of Constantine VIII, wearing ornamented robe, on right, holding between them a long patriarchal cross crosslet. DOC 3. SB 1797. Good very fine.

Ex Roma E47, 28 June 2018, 893.