BYZANTINE EMPIRE: John I Tzimiskes, 969-976, AV histamenon nomisma (3.76g), Constantinople, S-1785, nimbate bust of Christ facing, raising right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in left hand, + IhS XIS REGNANTIhM // facing half-length busts of the Virgin (right) and the emperor (left), the former nimbate with MΘ above her head, wearing stola and maphorium, crowning the latter, wearing loros and holding patriarchal cross, with manus Dei above his head, +ΘEOTOC bOHΘ' IW δESP, pierced, smoothing in obverse field, VF.
Estimate: $240-280