Basil II Bulgaroktonos, with Constantine VIII, 976-1025. Histamenon (Gold, 25 mm, 4.41 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 facing half-length busts of Basil II, with short-beard and being crowned by manus Dei, wearing loros on the left, and Constantine VIII, beardless, wearing chlamys on the right, holding between them long cross with pellet on the shaft. DOC 6b. SB 1800. Scratches and graffiti, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.