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251495. BASIL II with CONSTANTINE VIII. 976-1025 
AD. AV Tetarteron (22mm, 4.20 gm). 
Constantinople mint. Struck 1005-1025 AD. SOLD 
$795 

BASIL II with CONSTANTINE VIII. 976-1025 AD. AV 
Tetarteron (22mm, 4.20 gm). Constantinople mint. 
Struck 1005-1025 AD. +IhS XIS REX REGNANTInM, 
facing bust of Christ, holding Gospels / +bASIL C 
CONSTAnTI bA, crowned facing busts of Basil and 
Constantine, holding patriarchal cross with X on 
shaft between them. DOC III 15b; SB 1806. Good VF, 
overstruck.
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