Watch List notes:

ANCIENT COINS. BYZANTINE. Mint of Constantinople unless otherwise stated. Basil II Bulgaroktonos and Constantine VIII (A.D. 976-1025), Gold Tetarteron Nomisma, 4.22g, 6h.Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus with two pellets in each limb of cross, pallium and colobium, holding book of Gospels and raising His right hand in benediction. Rev. facing crowned busts of Basil II and Constantine VIII, holding between them a long patriarchal cross with X on the shaft (DO 15b; S 1806).Extremely fine, an exceptional example.

Estimate: US$ 1,000