Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII, 976-1025. Histamenon (Gold, 24 mm, 4.42 g, 7 h), Constantinopolis, circa 989-1001. +IҺS XIS RЄX RЄGNANTIҺm Bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, with cross nimbus, holding book of Gospels in his left hand and raising his right in benediction. Rev. +bASIL C COҺSTAҺTI b R Crowned facing half-length busts of Basil II, with short-beard, wearing loros on the left, and Constantine VIII, beardless, wearing chlamys on the right, holding between them long patriarchial cross crosslet with their right hands. DOC 3d.2. SB 1797. Two scuffs, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.