Basil II and Constantine VIII gold Histamenon, Constantinople
Basil II & Constantine VIII (A.D. 975-1025), gold Histamenon, mint of Constantinople, +IhS XIS REX REGNANTInM, facing bust of Christ, wearing a nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels, rev. + bASIL C COnSTAnT b R, facing busts of Basil, wearing loros, and Constantine, wearing chlamys, both crowned, holding between them a long cross, 4.42g, 6h (S 1800; DO 6). Well- struck, extremely fine.
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Basil II & Constantine VIII (A.D. 975-1025), gold Histamenon, mint of Constantinople, +IhS XIS REX REGNANTInM, facing bust of Christ, wearing a nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels, rev. + bASIL C COnSTAnT b R, facing busts of Basil, wearing loros, and Constantine, wearing chlamys, both crowned, holding between them a long cross, 4.42g, 6h (S 1800; DO 6). Well- struck, extremely fine.
