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20 June 2024

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Ancient Coins and Antiquities

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№ 168

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20 June 2024

Hammer Price:
£500

Byzantine Coinage, Basil II (976-1025), with Constantine VIII (976-1025), Histamenon Nomisma, c. 989-1001, Constantinople, facing bust of Christ holding gospels, nimbus around head, rev. crowned facing half-figure busts of Basil and Constantine holding ornate patriarchal cross between them, 4.36g (DOC 2; Sear 1796). About very fine £500-£600