976 AD - 1025 AD

Basilius II Bulgaroctonus   Constantinopolis
Imperium Byzantinum
Βασίλειος B' Βουλγαροκτόνος Κωνσταντινούπολις
Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία
Tetarteron / Τεταρηρόν AV 20
 SHH 3653

3653 Basilius II Constantinopolis Tetarteron AV


Parameter
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Notes
Reference
 4.22 g   19.2-20.3 mm   :00 o'clock   EF
Bust of Christ, wearing nimbus cruciger, and raising right hand in benediction;
in left hand book of gospels; +IhS XIS REX / REGNANTIhM clockwise around;
border of dots.
Facing busts of Basilius on left and Constantinus on right, both crowned,
holding between them long patriarchal cross with x on shaft;
+bASIL C CONSTANTh R clockwise around; border of dots.
Mint of  Constantinopolis.
BMC 5; Dumbarton Oaks III/2 15b; Sear Byzantine 1806