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Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII, 976-1025. Histamenon nomisma (Gold, 21.5 mm, 4.45 g, 6 h), Constantinople, 976-7. + IhS XIS RЄX RЄςNANTIhm Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator, wearing tunic, himation and a nimbus cruciger with one pellet in the upper and right arms, and two in the left, raising his right hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels with his left. Rev. + bASIL' C['C]OhSTAhTIh' b'R' Crowned facing half-length figure of Basil, on the left, with short beard and wearing a modified loros, and Constantine on the right, beardless and wearing a chlamys, holding a patriarchal cross between them with their right hands. DOC 1 var. (two pellets in the left arm of the cross) Füeg 1a. SB 1795. Clear and well-centered. Minor marks. About extremely fine.

Constans II, 641-668. Solidus (Gold, 20.5 mm, 1.28 g, 6 h), Constantinople, I = 10th officina, 649/650-651/2. d N CONSTAN-TINЧS PP AV draped bust of Constans II facing, with a short beard, wearing crown surmounted by cross. Rev. VICTORIA AVςЧ I / CONOB cross potent set on base and three steps. DOC 16e. MIB 20. SB 953. Graffito marks; lightly clipped, otherwise, very fine.