BASIL the MACEDONIAN, 867-886, WITH CONSTANTINUS
Mint of Syracuse
Debased gold semissis 868-878.
Obv. bAS - IΛЄIOC Crowned bust facing in loros. Globus cruciger in r. hand. Patriarchal cross not simple cross on globus.
Rev. CON – STANT Crowned bust facing in chlamys. Globus cruciger in r. hand.
Sear 1715. DOC 14b. Spahr 443.
1.21 g. Very rare. Extremely fine.
Ex Auction Lanz. Munich June 2011. Lot 958.