Basil II Bulgaroctonos (AD 976-1025), with Constantine VIII. AV tetarteron nomisma (24mm, 4.13 gm, 5h). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 3/5, clipped. Constantinople, AD 989-1001. + IhS XPS RЄX RЄGNANTIЧM, 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 CONStANtI b R, crowned half-length facing busts of Basil II (on left), with short beard, wearing loros, and Constantine VIII (on right), beardless, wearing chlamys pinned on right shoulder, jointly holding patriarchal cross crosslet between them. Sear 1797. Ex Marc Poncin Collection (Classical Numismatic Group, Mail Bid Sale 72, 14 June 2006), lot 2149. HID09801242017 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

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