TYPE Byzantine Empire, Basil II Bulgaroktonos (976-1025 AD), silver miliaresion DESCRIPTION . Obv: Cross between facing busts of Basil and Constantine, Greek legend around: EN TOUTO NIKAT BASILEI ET CONST ("May you win with this, Basil and Constantine"), within 3 border circles Rev: Greek legend +BASIL S CONSTAN PORFYROG PISTOI BAS ROMAIO in five lines, ornaments above and below, all within 3 border circles REFERENCE: SB 1810, DO 17 GRADING: VF+, toned, scarce ORDER INFO: B2960, $155 A nice example of this scarcer middle Byzantine silver, with pious legends on both sides, the obverse one characteristically reminiscent of the fateful words delivered by Christ to St. Constantine on the eve of his crucial worldly battle seven hundred years earlier.