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Basil II Bulgaroctonos (AD 976-1025), with Constantine VIII. AV tetarteron nomisma (21mm, 4.23 gm, 6h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. Constantinople, AD 1005-1025. +IhS XIS RЄX RЄϚNANTIhM, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with two pellets in each arm, pallium and colobium, right hand raised in benediction, book of Gospels in left / +bASIL C COhSTAhT Ib R, half-length facing busts of Basil II (on left), wearing loros, and Constantine VIII (on right), wearing V-shaped overgarment ornamented with pearls, both wearing crown with pendilia, jointly holding patriarchal cross with X on shaft between them. Sear 1806.
From the Ed's Treasures Collection
Introduced by Nicephorus II, the gold tetarteron nomisma seems to have been the equivalent of the old "lightweight solidus" and was perhaps intended to facilitate trade with the Islamic powers, which utilized a gold dinar somewhat lighter than the traditional solidus. The tetarteron retained its small, compact fabric while the solidus became larger and thinner, eventually acquiring a new name as the histamenon nomisma.
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Basil II Bulgaroctonos (AD 976-1025), with Constantine VIII. AV tetarteron nomisma (21mm, 4.23 gm, 6h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. Constantinople, AD 1005-1025. +IhS XIS RЄX RЄϚNANTIhM, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with two pellets in each arm, pallium and colobium, right hand raised in benediction, book of Gospels in left / +bASIL C COhSTAhT Ib R, half-length facing busts of Basil II (on left), wearing loros, and Constantine VIII (on right), wearing V-shaped overgarment ornamented with pearls, both wearing crown with pendilia, jointly holding patriarchal cross with X on shaft between them. Sear 1806.
From the Ed's Treasures Collection
Introduced by Nicephorus II, the gold tetarteron nomisma seems to have been the equivalent of the old "lightweight solidus" and was perhaps intended to facilitate trade with the Islamic powers, which utilized a gold dinar somewhat lighter than the traditional solidus. The tetarteron retained its small, compact fabric while the solidus became larger and thinner, eventually acquiring a new name as the histamenon nomisma.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/byzantine/ancients-basil-ii-bulgaroctonos-ad-976-1025-with-constantine-viii-av-tetarteron-nomisma-21mm-423-gm-6h-ngc/a/61238-99241.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61238-12052021
HID02906262019
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