Basil I, Leo and Alexander (879-886). AV Semissis. Constantinople, 879. +Ihs XPS REX REGNANTIuM *, Christ enthroned facing, nimbate, and raising hand, holding book of Gospels. + bASILIOS ET CONSTANT AVGG' b. Facing busts of Basil, with short beard, and wearing loros, on left, and Constantine, unbearded and wearing chlamys, on right, both crowned, holding patriarchal cross between them. Sear 1704; DOC 2; BMC 2-4. Courtesy of Stacks, Jan. 2009.