Very rare variety with pellet on cross.
Coin taken from the NGC slab with an AU grade.
Ex. Roma Numismatics Limited, E-Sale 71, lot 1395.
Obverse scratched.
Byzantine Empire
Basil II and Constantine VIII (976-1025), Histamenon 1005-1025, Constantinople mint
Obverse: facing bust of Christ Pantokrator holding a book Gospel
+ IhS XPS RЄX RЄGNANTIhM
Reverse: busts of Basil II and Constantine VIII
jointly holding patriarchal cross between them
+bASIL C COhStAhtI b R
Gold, diameter 24 mm, weight 4.43 g
