BYZANTINE EMPIRE. Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AV histamenon nomisma. 4.39 gm. 22 mm. Constantinople mint. Struck 977-989(?). Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator, wedge in each arm of nimbus cross / Crowned facing busts of Basil, wearing loros, and Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross between them, triangle on shaft. DOC III.2 2g. SB 1796. NGC graded Choice AU, Strike 4/5 Surface 4/5.