Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII (976-1025), AV Histamenon, 4.38g, bust of Christ wearing nimbus, pallium and colobium, raising hand in benediction, left hand on book of Gospels, rev. facing busts of Basil in square patterned loros, and Constantine in plain chlamys (BMC 12-13; Sear 1800), once creased and re-flattened, otherwise very fine.
provenance
Penkill collection
Estimate: £300 - £400