ANCIENT COINS. BYZANTINE. Basil II Bulgaroktonos with Constantine VIII (A.D. 976-1025), Gold Histamenon Nomisma, 4.43g, 7h. Nimbate bust of Christ facing, raising hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels. Rev. Crowned facing busts of Basil on left, wearing loros, and Constantine on right, wearing chlamys, holding a plain cross on shaft between them (DOC 6; S 1800). Extremely fine.
Ex Sternberg, Zürich, private treaty, c.1988
Estimate: $1,500