Basil I 'the Macedonian', with Constantine, AR Miliaresion. Constantinople, AD 868-879. IҺSЧS XRI STЧS ҺICA, cross potent on three steps; globus below / ⧾ ЬASILIOS CЄ COҺSTAҺTIҺ' PISTV ЬASILIS ROMЄO' in six lines. DOC 7; Sear 1708. 3.06g, 27mm, 12h.
Near Mint State; attractive light cabinet tone.
Acquired from Leu Numismatik AG;
Ex German collection of late Byzantine silver coins, formed in the late 1990s and early 2000s.