867 AD - 886 AD

Basilius I Macedonicus   Constantinopolis
Imperium Byzantinum
Βασίλειος Α' ο Μακεδών   Κωνσταντινούπολις
Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία
Follis / Φόλλις AE 27
 SHH 1176

1176 Basilius I Constantinopolis Imperium Byzantinum Follis AE


Parameter
Obverse


Reverse

Notes
Reference
 5.37 g   25.3-27.2 mm   6:00 o'clock   VF
Facing half-length figures of Basilius, Leon on left and Constantinus on right;
Basilius wears crown and loros and holds akakia in left hand;
his sons each wear crown and chlamys; LE bASIL / COnTAYS' around; border of dots.
+bASIL' / COnSTAh / T S LEOh / ΘΕΟ bASILS / ROMEON in five lines;
star beneath; border of dots.
Mint of  Constantinopolis.
BMC 21; Dumbarton Oaks III/2 11.9; Κάντας ΝΜΑ 21.12/21.20 variant; Ratto 1864;
Sear Byzantine  1712