Watch List notes:

ROMAN & BYZANTINE COINS

Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII, 976-1025. Histamenon (Gold, 24mm, 4.42 g 6), Constantinople, c. 1001-1005. +IhS XPS REX REGNANTIhM Facing bust of Christ Pantocrator, wearing tunic, himation and a cross nimbus, raising right hand in benediction and holding Gospel book in his left. Rev. +bASIL C CONSTANTI b RM Crowned facing busts of Basil II, on the left in loros, and Constantine VIII, on the right in chlamys, both holding a long patriarchal cross crosslet between them with their right hands. DOC 4a. SB 1798. An attractive well-centered example. Extremely fine.