Basil I 'the Macedonian' Æ 40 Nummi. Constantinople, AD 870-879. + LЄOҺ SILI COҺST AЧGG(sic), crowned half-length facing busts of Basil, wearing loros and holding akakia, between Leo VI and Constantine, each wearing chlamys / + ЬASIL / COҺSTAҺ / T S LЄOҺ ЄҺ / ΘO ЬASIL S / ROMЄOҺ in five lines; star below. DOC 11; Sear 1712. 6.55g, 28mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private UK collection.