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Basil I the Macedonian (AD 868-886), with Constantine. AV solidus (20mm, 4.37 gm, 6h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 3/5. Constantinople, AD 870-871. + IhS XPS RЄX-RЄGNANtIЧM star, full-length figure of Christ enthroned facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium, and colobium, right hand raised in benediction, book of Gospels in left / bASILIOS ЄT COhStAht' AЧΣΣ b', crowned facing busts of Basil I (on left), with short beard, wearing loros, and Constantine (on right), beardless, wearing chlamys pinned at right shoulder, jointly holding patriarchal cross with globule at base between them. Sear 1704. Expertly centered on satiny flan.
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Estimate: 500-1000 USD
Basil I the Macedonian (AD 868-886), with Constantine. AV solidus (20mm, 4.37 gm, 6h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 3/5. Constantinople, AD 870-871. + IhS XPS RЄX-RЄGNANtIЧM star, full-length figure of Christ enthroned facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium, and colobium, right hand raised in benediction, book of Gospels in left / bASILIOS ЄT COhStAht' AЧΣΣ b', crowned facing busts of Basil I (on left), with short beard, wearing loros, and Constantine (on right), beardless, wearing chlamys pinned at right shoulder, jointly holding patriarchal cross with globule at base between them. Sear 1704. Expertly centered on satiny flan.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/byzantine/ancients-basil-i-the-macedonian-ad-868-886-with-constantine-av-solidus-20mm-437-gm-6h-ngc-choice-au-5-5-3/a/3100-35054.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3100-07072022
HID02906262019
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Estimate: 500-1000 USD