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Auction: 4026 - Ancient, English and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 94

Basil II (A.D. 976-1025), AV Histamenon, 4.37g., facing bust of Christ, rev. patriarchal cross between facing busts of Basil and Constantine (S. 1797 var.); with Constantine VIII, (A.D. 1025-1028), AV Histamenon, 4.37g., facing bust of Christ, rev. facing bust of Constantine (S. 1815), both with traces of mounting on edge, about very fine Estimate £ 380-420 The second coin illustrated

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