Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII, 976-1025. Histamenon (Gold, 22 mm, 4.22 g, 6 h), Constantinopolis, circa 1005-1025. +IҺS XIS RЄX RЄςNANTIҺm Nimbate bust of Christ facing, wearing tunic and pallium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left; in each upper quarter of nimbus, crescent. Rev. +bASIL C COҺSTAҺTI b R Crowned half-length busts of Basil, bearded, wearing crown with pendilia and loros, and Constantine, beardless, wearing crown with pendilia and chlamys, holding patriarchal ornamented with triangles cross between them. DOC 2. SB 1796. Somewhat clipped and with a few scratches and edge filing, otherwise, very fine.