SH47405. Gold solidus, SBCV 1704, BnF 4-7, gVF, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 4.289g, maximum diameter 19.7mm, die axis 180
o, 868 - 879 A.D.; obverse IhS XPS REX REGNANTIUM *, Christ seated facing on lyre-backed throne, wearing nimbus cruciger, tunic and himation, right raised in blessing, Gospels in left; reverse bASILIOS ET COnSTAnT AUGG b, facing crowned busts of Basil I, with short beard in loros (on left), and Constantine, beardless in chlamys, both hold a long patriarchal cross between them;
very scarce;
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