Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII, AV Histamenon Nomisma. Constantinople, AD 989-1001. +IҺS XIS RЄX RЄGNANTIҺM, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / +bASIL C COҺSTAҺ TIb R, crowned half-length facing busts of Basil, wearing loros, and Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross crosslet between them, a crown suspended over Basil's head. DOC 4a; Sear 1798. 4.29g, 24mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a private Swiss collection.