Byzantine Empire, Basil I, the Macedonian (867-886), AV Solidus

Description

Byzantine Empire, Basil I, the Macedonian (867-886), AV Solidus, + Ihs XPS REX REGNANTIYM *, Christ enthroned facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, holding book of Gospels in left hand, rev. bASILIOS ET COhSTAhT’ AYGG’ b’, facing busts of Basil and Constantine, on left and right respectively, Basil with bead, Constantine beardless, both crowned, Basil wearing Loros and Constantine wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross between them, 4.14g (SB 1704), very fine

Provenance

Superior Galleries, by private treaty, 25170-7 – $650 [with ticket]