Byzantine Empire, Basil II, Bulgaroktonos (796-1025), AV Tetarteron Nomisma,

Description

Byzantine Empire, Basil II, Bulgaroktonos (796-1025), AV Tetarteron Nomisma, + IhS REX REGNANTIhM, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with two pellets in each limb, pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, holding book of Gospels in left hand, rev. + bASIL C CONSTANTI b R, facing busts of Basil and Constantine, on left and right respectively, Basil with short bead and Constantine beardless, both crowned, Basil wearing loros of square pattern, Constantine wearing V-shaped overgarment ornamented with pearls, holding patriarchal cross between them, x on shaft of cross, 4.23g (SB 1806), Very fine

Provenance

Superior Galleries, 25155-5 – $650 [with ticket]