Basil II and Constantine VIII (976-1025), Histamenon Nomisma, Constantinople, bust of Christ nimbate, holding book of Gospels in left hand, cross ornamented with rosette of pellets on each limb, reverse facing busts of Basil and Constantine, holding patriarchal cross-crosslet between them, 4.38gm (DO 4; Sear 1798; cf. Dreesmann 662). Very fine (£180-220)