Period
Byzantine
Person
Basil II, Byzantine emperor, 976-1025, Constantine VIII, Byzantine emperor, 976-1028
Mint
Constantinople (Byzantine)
Denom.
histamenon
Dating
977-989?
Obverse
+IhSIIIREXREGNΛNTIЧM?, Bust of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing, left clasps Gospels to breast
Reverse
+bASILCCONSTΛNTIbR?, Busts of Basil II and Constantine VIII, holding patriarchal cross between them. Basil is bearded, and wears crown with cross and prependoulia, imperial tunic, and loros; Constantine is beardless, and wears crown with cross and prependoulia, imperial tunic, and chlamys fastened with brooch from which three pendants hang