976 AD - 1025 AD

Basilius II Bulgaroctonus   Constantinopolis
Imperium Byzantinum
Βασίλειος B' Βουλγαροκτόνος Κωνσταντινούπολις
Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία
Tetarteron / Τεταρηρόν AV 21
 SHH 1135

1135 Basilius II Constantinopolis Tetarteron AV


Parameter
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Reference
 4.38 g   20.7-21.76 mm   6:00 o'clock   EF
Bust of Christ, wearing nimbus cruciger, and raising right hand in benediction;
in left hand book of gospels; +IhS hIS REX REGNANTIhM clockwise around;
border of dots.
Facing busts of Basil on left and Constantine on right, both crowned,
holding between them long patriatchal cross; +bASIL C CONSTANTIh R clockwise around; border of dots.
Mint of  Constantinople.
BMC 3; Dumbarton Oaks III/2 2e; Sear Byzantine  1796