Live auction - bby_865913 - BASIL II and CONSTANTINE VIII Histamenon Nomisma

BASIL II and CONSTANTINE VIII Histamenon Nomisma AU

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Estimate :	1 200 €
Price :	910 €
Maximum bid :	1 060 €
End of the sale :	05 December 2023 15:00:01
bidders :	5 bidders

Type : Histamenon Nomisma

Date: 977

Mint name / Town : Constantinople

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 1.000 ‰

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 4,04 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Flan court, centré des deux côtés. Joli revers. De légères faiblesses. Patine de collection

Catalogue references :

BMC/B.- - R.- - Do.1 - BN/B.1 - BC.1795 (1250£) - RGCMW.- - DMBR.41 /1 (3500€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : + IHS XIS REX REGNANTHIM.

Obverse description : Buste du Christ Antiphonetes debout de face, avec le globe crucigère, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, bénissant de la main droite et tenant les Évangiles de la gauche ; grènetis circulaire.

Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ roi des rois).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + BASIL C COHSTANTI B R’.

Reverse description : Bustes couronnés avec pendilia bouletées de face de Basile II, vêtu du loros en carré et de Constantin VIII vêtu de la chlamyde ; ils tiennent ensemble la croix patriarcale ; grènetis circulaire.

Reverse translation : (Basile et Constantin rois romains).