Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AV Histamenon Nomisma (24mm, 4.39 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 989-1001. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; •|• in arms of nimbus (with extra pellet in left); pellets in lower quadrants / Crowned facing busts of Basil and Constantine, holding patriarchal cross-crosslet between. DOC 3bb var. (pellets nimbus); SB 1797. EF, well struck.
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