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2 January 2022
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Starting Price: 300 CHF
Hammer Price:  850 CHF
Lot 972

Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII, 976-1025. Histamenon nomisma (Gold, 22 mm, 4.38 g, 6 h), Constantinople, 977-989. +IhS XPS REX RGENANTIЧM Facing bust of Christ Pantocrator, wearing tunic, himation and a cross nimbus with Θ in each arm, raising right hand in benediction and holding Gospel book in his left. Rev. bASILI C COҺSTAҺTI b R Crowned facing busts of Basil, on the left, with short beard and wearing a loros, and Constantine, on the right, beardless and wearing a chlamys; holding between them in their right hands, a long patriarchal cross. DOC 2j. SB 1796. Very unusual decoration on the arms of the nimbus. Light scratches and graffito in a form of a christogram, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.

Online bidding closes: 2 Jan 2022, 22:06:00 CET Current Date & Time: 29 Mar 2024, 14:16:47 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:850 CHF by Searcher (11 bids)
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