Basil I the Macedonian, with Constantine, 867-886. Solidus (Gold, 20mm, 4.36 g 6), Constantinople. IhS XPS REX REGNANTIUM* Christ seated facing on lyre-backed throne, wearing nimbus cruciger, tunic and himation, right raised in blessing, Gospels in left. Rev. bASILIOS ET COnSTAnT AUGG b' Facing crowned busts of Basil I, with short beard in loros (on left), and Constantine, beardless in chlamys, both holding a long patriarchal cross between them. DOC 2. SB 1704. Very fine.