Byzantijnse Rijk. Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII. Tetarteron nomisma Constantinople circa 977 A.D. – very rare issue – Ex Bollen & Ex William Herbert Hunt collections

LET OP: sorry, geen verzending naar Azië, Afrika, Zuid-Amerika, Rusland, Turkije en ZwitserlandAn extremely rare tetarteron, apparently the second example known. From the Bollen Collection of Byzantine Coins and from the collection of William Herbert Hunt, Sotheby, 21 June 1991, 104.Grade: VF+Materiaal: goudGewicht: 4,08 gramDiameter: 19 mmRef.: DOC 7. Füeg 7.A. SB 1801Voorzijde: + IhS XPS RЄX RЄςNANTIhm Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator, wearing tunic, himation and a nimbus cruciger with a pellet in each arm, raising his right hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in his leftAchterzijde: + bASIL' C COnSTAnTI' b' R' On the left, crowned bust of Basil, wearing a loros, and, on the right, crowned bust of Constantine, wearing a chlamys, holding between them, with their right hands, a patriarchal cross