Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII, AV Histamenon Nomisma. Constantinople, AD 1005-1025. ⧾ IҺS XIS RЄX RЄGNANTIҺM, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator, wearing nimbus with crescents in its upper quarters, pallium, and colobium / ⧾ bASIL C COҺSTAҺ TIb R, crowned half-length busts of Basil, wearing loros and being crowned from above by manus Dei, and Constantine, wearing jewelled chlamys, holding long cross between them. DOC 6b; Sear 1800. 4.42g, 25mm, 6h.
NGC graded MS★ 5/5 - 4/5 (#6158074-015).
From the GK Collection;
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 92, 23 May 2016, lot 1010.
Price realized | 6'750 GBP |
Starting price | 1'200 GBP |
Estimate | 2'000 GBP |