(x) Byzantine Empire, Basileios II Bulgaroktonos and Constantine VIII (976-1025), AV Tetarteron Nomisma, 977-989, Constantinopolis, + IhS XIS REX REGNANTIhM, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator, rev. BASIL C COhSTAhTIhA, crowned facing busts of Basil and Constantine, holding patriarchal cross between them, 4.31g, 6h (Sear 1802), some surface marks, otherwise lustrous, a bolder very fine
Provenance
The George Webber Collection of World Gold Coins
Spink, 10 November 1972 - £85