Watch List notes:

Basil I the Macedonian, 867-886. Follis (Bronze, 26 mm, 7.21 g, 12 h), Constantinopolis, 879-886. +bASILIOS bASILЄVS✱ Basil I, seated facing on throne, wearing crown surmounted by a cross and loros, holding labarum in his right hand and akakia in his left. Rev. +ЬASIL/IOS ЄҺ ӨЄO/ ЬASILЄVS / ROmЄOҺ in four lines. DOC 12. SB 1709. Very fine.


From a European collection, acquired before 2021.