Basil I 'the Macedonian' AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 870-871. + IhS XPS REX REςNANTIЧM*, Christ, nimbate and wearing chiton, seated facing raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels / bASILIOS ЄT COҺSTANT AЧςς b, crowned facing busts of Basil, with short beard and loros, and Constantine, beardless and wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC 2; Sear 1704. 4.39g, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine; residual lustre around the devices.
From a private American collection;
Acquired from Ariadne Galleries Inc., New York.