Chaponnière & Firmenich SA
Auction 9 22 Oct 2017
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BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Basil II with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. Tetarteron, Constantinopolis. Obv. +IhS XIS REX REGNANTInM. Facing bust of Christ with nimbate cross behind head with single rim and two dots in each limb of the cross, holding book of gospels. Rev. +bASIL C CONSTAnTI bA. Crowned, facing busts of Basil, with short beard and wearing loros of square pattern, on left, and Constantine beardless, on right, wearing robe with V-shaped overgarment ornamented with pearls, holding patriarchal cross between them with X on the shaft. DOC 15b; SB 1806. AU. 4.33 g.
F-VFPrivately purchased from Ars Numismatica, 11 March 1975.