Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AR Miliaresion (22mm, 2.08 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck AD 977-989. Cross crosslet with central X set on globus atop four steps, between crowned facing busts of Basil and Constantine / + ЬASIL / S CWҺSTAҺ / ΠORFVROS / ΠISTV / ЬAS' / RWMAIW' in five lines; cross ornament above and below. DOC 18a.2; SB 1811. Good Fine, scratch on the obverse.
Ex Elsen 113 (16 June 2012), lot 725.