| Description: | Basil II with Constantine VIII. 976-1025 AD. AV Tetarteron (22mm, 4.20 gm). Constantinople mint. +IhS XIS REX REGNANTInM, facing bust of Christ with nimbate cross behind head with single rim and two dots in each limb of the cross, holding book of gospels / +bASIL C CONSTAnTI bA, crowned, facing busts of Basil, with short beard and wearing loros of square pattern, on left, and Constantine beardless, on right, wearing robe with V-shaped overgarment ornamented with pearls, holding patriarchal cross between them with X on the shaft. DOC 15b, SB 1806. |
