BZ63698. Bronze follis, cf. DOC III-2 9b; Wroth BMC 18; SBCV 1710; Ratto 1863; Tolstoi 21, gVF, cleaning scratches, nice green patina, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 7.846g, maximum diameter 26.8mm, die axis 180
o, 868 - 870 A.D.; obverse + bASILIO S CONSTAn bASILIS (or similar), crowned figures of Basil (on left) and Constantine enthroned facing, each wearing loros, holding labarum between them; reverse + bASILO'/S COnSTAn/TInOS En ΘO / bASILEIS R/OmAIOn, in five lines;
rare;
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