/internal/media/dispatcher/1582153/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailHistamenon of Basil II and Constantine VIII (Class III)A.D. 989(?)–1001(?)Diameter: 24 mm; Weight: 4.44 gm; Die Axis: 7GoldEdward Jackson Holmes Collection—Bequest of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes65.3440Obverse: Bust of Christ Pantocrator (DOC Type VIIIb) facing, bearded, with cross nimbus having one pellet in each arm, wearing tunic and himation; r. hand raised in blessing in sling of himation, l. clasps book to breast. Reverse: Two busts facing, Basil to l., bearded, wearing modified loros and crown with cross, Constantine to r., beardless, wearing chlamys and crown with cross, holding between them by l. and r. hands a patriarchal cross crosslet.Numismatics5657201