Basil I the Macedonian, with Constantine VII, 867-886. Solidus (Gold, 20.5 mm, 4.32 g, 6 h), Constantinople, 867-870. +IhS XPS REX REGNANTIЧM ✱ Christ, nimbate, seated facing, wearing chiton, raising his right hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels with his left. Rev. bASILIOS ET COҺSTAҺT' AЧGG b' Crowned facing busts of Basil, on the left, with short beard and wearing a loros, and Constantine, on the right, beardless and wearing a chlamys; holding between them in their right hands, a long patriarchal cross. DOC 2c. Füeg 3.A.2. SB 1704. Minor marks and very slightly double-struck, otherwise, very fine.
From the Trausnitz Collection, acquired from Münzhandlung Athena on 23 March 1993.