Basil I the Macedonian (AD 867-886), with Constantine. AV solidus (19mm, 4.41 gm, 6h). NGC MS 5/5 - 3/5, brushed. Constantinople, AD 870-871. + IhS XPS RЄX-RЄϚNANTIЧM*, full-length figure of Christ enthroned facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with single ray 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. Perfectly struck from fresh dies on satiny surfaces. An excellent example of this very popular issue.

HID09801242017

© 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

To the auctioneer's website