Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. 976-1025. AV Histamenon Nomisma (24.5mm, 4.41 g, 7h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1005-1025. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; upturned crescent in upper two quarters of nimbus / Crowned half-length busts of Basil, wearing loros, with suspended crown above head, and Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding long cross between them. DOC 6a; Füeg II 6.B; SB 1800. Lustrous. In NGC encapsulation 4680478-004, graded MS, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5.
From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex Heritage 3076 (5 September 2019), lot 30369.