| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5036 Price realized: 680 CHF (Approx. 773 USD / 718 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, 4.41 g, 6 h), Constantinopolis, circa 1005-1025. +IҺS XIS RЄX RЄςNANTIҺm Nimbate bust of Christ facing, wearing tunic and pallium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left; in each upper quarter of nimbus, crescent. Rev. +bASIL C COҺSTAҺTI b R Crowned half-length busts of Basil, bearded, wearing crown with pendilia and loros, and Constantine, beardless, wearing crown with pendilia and chlamys, holding long and plain cross between them. DOC 6a. SB 1800. Edge folding and scuffs, and somewhat rough, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
