Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2021 ANA Auction 16-21 Aug 2021
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BASIL II with CONSTANTINE VIII, 976-1025. AV Histamenon Nomisma (4.45 gms), Constantinople Mint. NGC Ch AU, Strike: 5/5 Surface: 3/5. Wavy Flan.
S-1795. Obverse: Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; Reverse: Crowned facing busts of Basil, wearing loros, and Constantine, draped, holding between them a patriarchal cross. Despite the noted minor flan waviness, this example otherwise offers a great strike with very little evidence of any handling.
From the Collection of a Gentleman.
Estimate: $400 - $600
S-1795. Obverse: Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; Reverse: Crowned facing busts of Basil, wearing loros, and Constantine, draped, holding between them a patriarchal cross. Despite the noted minor flan waviness, this example otherwise offers a great strike with very little evidence of any handling.
From the Collection of a Gentleman.
Estimate: $400 - $600