1 Histamenon Byzantine Empire (330-1453) Gold Constantine VIII (9 ...

Basil II, Bulgaroktonos and Constantine VIII, AV Histamenon Nomisma, 976-1025, Constantinople

+ IhS XIS REX REVNANTInm Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger ornamented with two crescents in the upper quadrants, pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, book of Gospels in left hand, triple border of dots + bASIL’C COnStAnt' b r Facing busts of Basil with short beard on left, wearing loros of lozenge pattern, manus Dei above head and Constantine VIII beardless on right, wearing jeweled chlamys, both crowned, holding long plain cross between them, triple border of dots 24mm x 25mm, 4.38g