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Basil II Bulgaroctonos (AD 976-1025), with Constantine VIII. AV histamenon nomisma (25mm, 4.41 gm, 7h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5. Constantinople, AD 1005-1025. + IhS XIS RЄX RЄΣNANTIhM, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with annulets in upper quarters, pallium, and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, book of Gospels cradled in left arm; triple border / + bASIL Є COhStAhtIh R, crowned facing busts of Basil II (on left), bearded, wearing loros of large jeweled pattern, crowned from above by manus Dei, and Constantine VIII (on right), beardless, wearing jeweled chlamys pinned at right shoulder, jointly holding long cross between them; triple border. Sear 1800. A choice portrait of Christ in gold.
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Estimate: 1000-1500 USD
Basil II Bulgaroctonos (AD 976-1025), with Constantine VIII. AV histamenon nomisma (25mm, 4.41 gm, 7h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5. Constantinople, AD 1005-1025. + IhS XIS RЄX RЄΣNANTIhM, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with annulets in upper quarters, pallium, and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, book of Gospels cradled in left arm; triple border / + bASIL Є COhStAhtIh R, crowned facing busts of Basil II (on left), bearded, wearing loros of large jeweled pattern, crowned from above by manus Dei, and Constantine VIII (on right), beardless, wearing jeweled chlamys pinned at right shoulder, jointly holding long cross between them; triple border. Sear 1800. A choice portrait of Christ in gold.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/byzantine/ancients-basil-ii-bulgaroctonos-ad-976-1025-with-constantine-viii-av-histamenon-nomisma-25mm-441-gm-7h-ngc/a/3076-30369.s?type=CoinArchives3076
HID02906262019
© 2019 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD