Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AR Miliaresion (21mm, 2.24 g, 12h). Constantinople mint. Struck 977-989. Cross crosslet set on pellet on four steps; X at center, • above crescent on shaft; to left and right, crowned facing busts of Basil, wearing loros, and Constantine, wearing chlamys / +[Ь]ASIL/ C CωҺSTAҺ/ ΠORFVROS/ ΠISτOI ЬAS/ RωmAIω in five lines; – four pellets – above and below. DOC 17a; SB 1810. Near VF, toned, holed, some scratches under tone.
From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection.