| Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) > January 2024 NYINC Auction | Auction date: 12 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 50151 Price realized: 1,900 USD (Approx. 1,733 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: BASIL II with CONSTANTINE VIII, 976-1025. AV Histamenon Nomisma (4.41 gms), Constantinople Mint, 989-1001. NGC Ch AU, Strike: 5/5 Surface: 4/5. Scratch. S-1797. Obverse: Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; Reverse: Crowned half-length busts of Basil, wearing loros, and Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross crosslet between them. Extremely lustrous and sharply struck, this specimen would serve as a tremendous example of the type. Estimate: $1000 - $2000 |  |
