Basil I the Macedonian, with Constantine. AD 867-886. AV solidus


Basil I the Macedonian, with Constantine. AD 867-886. AV solidus (4,34 g). +IhS XPS RЄX RЄςNANTIЧM✱, Christ Pantokrator, nimbate, seated facing on throne, wearing tunic and pallium, raising hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels / bASILIOS ЄT COҺSΤAhT'AЧςς b' Crowned facing busts of Basil I and Constantine; Basil to left with short beard wearing loros; Constantine, beardless to right wearing chlamys; both holding a long patriarchal cross between them. Light bends on flan at 5 and 12 o'clock. A few tiny marks in fields and some die-rust on obverse. DOC 2, SB 1704, Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker, auction 111, 18.03.2006, lot 7246 Grade: 1+/01


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