Basil I 'the Macedonian', with Constantine, AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 870-871. ⧾ IhS XPS RЄX RЄGNANTIЧM*, Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing / ЬASILIOS ЄT COҺSƮAhƮ' AЧGG Ь', crowned facing busts of Basil, with short beard and loros, and Constantine, beardless and wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross between them. Füeg 3.C.2; DOC 2; Sear 1704. 4.47g, 20mm, 6h.
Good Extremely Fine.
Acquired from Morton & Eden Ltd;
Ex European Ambassador Collection, formed in the 1950s and 1960s.