Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII, 976-1025. Histamenon nomisma (Gold, 24 mm, 4.36 g, 6 h), Constantinople, 977-989. +IhS XIS REX REGNANTIhM Bust of Christ Pantocrator facing, wearing cross nimbus with double rim and with one pellet in each side, right hand raised in blessing, left holding book. Rev. +bASIL C CONStANTI b On left, crowned bust of Basil II facing, wearing chlamys; on right, crowned bust of Constantine VIII, wearing ornamented robe; holding between them a long patriarchal cross with a large globule on the shaft above their hands. DOC 2c. SB 1797. Clear. Fields polished to remove scratches, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.