★ A Stellar Example, Ex Morton & Eden ★

BYZANTINE EMPIRE. Basil I 'the Macedonian'.
Gold solidus, AD 870-871. Constantinople.
Obv: + IhS XPS RЄX RЄGNANTIЧM*, Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing. Rev: bASILIOS ЄT COҺSƮAhƮ' AЧGG b', crowned facing busts of Basil, with short beard and loros, and Constantine, beardless and wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross between them. About Mint State; a spectacular example of the type.

Reference: Sear-1704; DOC-2.
Provenance: ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XXVII (22/3/2023), lot 860; ex Morton & Eden, Auction 115 (5/5/2022), lot 392; ex European Ambassador Collection, formed in the 1950s and 1960s.
Die Axis: 6h.
Diameter: 20 mm.
Weight: 4.47 g.
Composition: Gold.

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