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Basil II (976-1025) with Constantine VIII, Histamenon nomisma, Constantinople, c. 1001-1005; AV (4,39 g; 23,2 mm; 6 h)
+IҺS XIS RЄX RЄGNANTIVm Nimbate bust of Christ facing, wearing tunic and pallium, raising his r. hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his l.; Rv. +bASIL C COҺSTAҺTI b R Crowned facing half-length busts of Basil II, with short-beard, wearing loros on the l., and Constantine VIII, beardless, wearing chlamys on the r., holding between them long patriarchial cross crosslet; a suspended crown over Basil's head. DOC 4a. SB 1798. Rare. Extremely fine.
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RES PVBLICA, IMPERIVM, BYZANTIVM A Selected Collection of Roman Republican, Imperial and Byzantine Coins
Bertolami Fine Art S.r.o at Axevera Consulting a.s., tue 8 - wed 9 July 2025
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