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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Byzantine Coins| > |Macedonian Dynasty| > |Basil I| > BZ99033
Byzantine Empire, Basil I, Constantine & Leo VI, 6 January 870 - 3 September 879 A.D.
|Basil| |I|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Basil| |I,| |Constantine| |&| |Leo| |VI,| |6| |January| |870| |-| |3| |September| |879| |A.D.|, Basil I, the Macedonian, was born a simple peasant and rose in the Imperial court. He cunningly befriended the emperor Michael III, "the Drunkard," assassinated the emperor's brother in law, and after convincing Michael to crown him co-emperor, killed Michael. Despite his humble origins, Basil was an able emperor and founded a dynasty that would maintain a stable empire for almost two centuries.
BZ99033. Bronze follis, DOC III-2 10d; Wroth BMC 24; Morrisson BnF 34/Cp/AE/19; Sommer 33.8; SBCV 1713; Tolstoi -; Ratto -, VF, well centered, brown tone, porous/light corrosion, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 5.995g, maximum diameter 28.8mm, die axis 180o, 870 - 879 A.D.; obverse + LEON bASIL' - CONZ AVGG (cross on crown divides inscription), facing half-length figures of Basil (center), Leo (left) and Constantine (right), Basil wears crown with cross and loros, sons each wear crown with cross and chlamys; reverse + bASIL / CONSZAn/Z S LEOn En / ΘO bASILS / ROmEOn in five lines, star below; scarce; SOLD










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