Basil I the Macedonian (AD 867-886), with Constantine. AV solidus (20mm, 4.38 gm, 6h). NGC AU 5/5 - 2/5, scratches. Constantinople, AD 870-871. + IhS XPS RЄX-RЄϚNANTIЧM*, full-length figure of Christ enthroned facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with two pellets in each arm, pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, book of Gospels in left / bASILIOS ЄT CONStANt' AЧϚϚ 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. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 100 (27 October 2004), lot 200

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