BYZANTINE EMPIRE. Basil II, 976-1025 AD. Gold Histamenon Nomisma of 
Constantinople. 

Obv: +IhS XIS REX REGNANTINM (or similar), bust of Christ facing 
with nimbus cross having one or two dots in each limb of the 
cross, holding book of gospels and raising right hand.
Rev: +bASIL C CONSTANT b R (or similar), crowned, facing busts of 
Basil, with short beard, wearing loros with square pattern, on left, 
and Constantine, no beard, wearing chlamys, holding long patriarchal 
cross between them. 

Sear 1795; DO 1.
VF+. Scarce.
US$ 1,450 

Courtesy of pegasionline.com, March 2011.