| Basil II, 10 January 976 - 15 December 1025 A.D. |  |
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| Byzantine Empire, Basil II Bulgaroktonos and Constantine VIII (joint reign), 10 January 976 - 15 December 1025 A.D. |   | The manus Dei (the hand of God) is above Basil's head.
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| SH17756. Gold histamenon nomisma, SBCV 1800; DOC III part 2, 6a, Choice gVF, weight 4.296 g, maximum diameter 25.3 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople mint, obverse + IhS XPS REX REGNANTIhM, bust of Christ facing wearing nimbus cruciger with crescents in upper quarters, pallium and colobium, raising r. hand in benediction, Gospels in l., triple border; reverse + bASIL C CONSTANT, facing crowned busts of Basil (on left) wearing square pattern loros, manus Dei above, and Constantine wearing jewelled chlamys, both hold long plain cross, triple border; SOLD |
| Byzantine Empire, Basil II Bulgaroktonos and Constantine VIII, 976 - 1025 A.D. |  | |
| SH18902. Gold histamenon nomisma, SBCV 1800; DOC III part 2, 6, Choice gVF, a little wavy, weight 4.384 g, maximum diameter 25.3 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople mint, 1005 - 1025 A.D.; obverse IhS REX REGNANTINM, nimbate facing bust of Christ, holding Gospels; reverse bASIL C CONSTANT b R (or similar), crowned facing busts of Basil, wearing loros, and Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding cross between them; SOLD |
| Byzantine Empire, Constantine VII and Romanus II, 6 April 945 - 9 November 959 A.D. |  | A very popular type depicting Christ wearing a pallium, a very rich, rectangular hem length, jeweled court garment and a colobium, a sleeveless outer tunic. |
| SH33680. Gold solidus, SBCV 1751; DOC III part 2, 15, nice VF, weight 4.350 g, maximum diameter 20.6 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople mint, obverse +Ihs XPS REX REGNANTIUM, bust of Christ facing wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, raising right in benediction, Gospels in left; reverse COnSTAnT' CE ROMAN' AVGG BR, crowned facing busts of Constantine VII, in a loros on left, and his son Romanus II, in a chlamys, they hold a long patriarchal cross; SOLD |
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