Browsing Byzantine Empire Coinage of Basil I

ae12 Byzantine Empire. Ancient. Basil Text
Sear #1703 Basil I AV Solidus. Constantinople, 882 AD. +bASILIOS AUGUST' b', crowned facing bust of Basil I, in loros, holding globe with patriarchal cross in right hand & akakia in left / COhSTAhT S EVdOCIA, crowned facing busts of Constantine, beardless, on left, & Eudocia on right: Constantine wears chlamys & holds globus cruciger, while his stepmother wears loros & holds cruciform scepter; between their heads, cross. See page
Sear #1704 Basil I with Constantine gold solidus. +IhS XPS REX REGNANTIuM * Christ enthroned facing, wearing nimbus, apllium and colobium, book of gospels and and raised hand / bASILIOS ET CONSTANT' AuGG' B, facing crowned busts of Basil and Constantine with patriarchal cross between them.
Sear #1708 Basil I and Constantine AR Miliaresion. IhSUSKRI-StUS hICA, cross potent on steps, globe beneath / +bASI/ LIOS CE/ CONSTAN/ TIN' PISTV/ bASILIS/ ROMEO' in six lines. DOC III 7.
Sear #1709 Basil I Æ Follis. Constantinople mint. +bASILIOS bASILEVS*, Basil enthroned facing, holding labarum / +bASIL IOS EN QEO bASILEVS ROMEON in four lines. DOC III 12. See page
Sear #1710 Basil I (The Macedonian) & Constantine AE Follis. Two figures seated on double throne, facing, Basil to l., bearded, Constantine to right, holding labarum between them / +basilIO SCOnSTAN TINOSENOO baSILEISR OMAION. See page
Sear #1711 Basil I AE 28mm Follis. +bASILCONSTA4GG, Basil & Constantine VII facing with labarum / bASILSCONSTANTINOSEN(TH)ObASILEUSROMAION.
Sear #1712 Basil I AE Follis of Syracuse. See page
Sear #1719 Basil I the Macedonian. AD 867-886. AE16 struck at Cherson. Large B on base / Floriated cross on two steps, pellet on each side. See page
See also: Basil I in the Buerger Collection
Coins of Basil_I at the Ancient Coin Forum
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