| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 347 Price realized: 1,300 CHF (Approx. 1,478 USD / 1,372 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 Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII, 976-1025. Histamenon (Gold, 24 mm, 4.40 g, 6 h), Constantinopolis, 977-989. +IҺS XIS RЄX RЄGNANTIҺm Nimbate bust of Christ facing, wearing tunic and pallium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left. Rev. + bASIL C COҺSTAҺTI b R m Crowned facing half-length busts of Basil II, with short-beard, wearing loros on the left, and Constantine VIII, beardless, wearing chlamys on the right, holding between them long patriarchial cross. DOC 3b var. (ornament in nimbus). Füeg 13.B (tetarteron). SB 1797. A very rare variety. Struck from somewhat worn dies, otherwise, good very fine. From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins, ex Stack's Bowers November 2012 Baltimore Auction, 13-17 November 2012, 11832. Starting price: 150 CHF |  |
