867 AD - 886 AD

Basilius I Macedonicus   Constantinopolis
Imperium Byzantinum
Βασίλειος Α' ο Μακεδών   Κωνσταντινούπολις
Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία
Follis / Φόλλις AE 29
 SHH 7324

7324 Basilius I Constantinopolis Imperium Byzantinum Follis AE


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Reference

Provenance
 5.67 g   27.2-30.0 mm   1.0 eqmm   tmax 1.4   rh 0.2 mm   12:00 o'clock   VF
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 kHz) = obv. 46.8; rev. 45.1 MS/m
Facing half-length figures of Basilius, Leon on left and Constantinus on right;
Basilius wears crown and loros and holds akakia in left hand;
his sons each wear crown and chlamys; [LE bASIL / COnTAYS'] around; border of dots.
+bASIL' / COnSTAh / T S LEOh Eh / ΘΟ bASILS / ROMEON in five lines;
star beneath; border of dots.
Overstrike on Follis of Basilius with Constantinus.
For initial coin letter traces on the obverse see Basilius I SHH 2123.
BMC 21; Dumbarton Oaks III/2 11.9; Κάντας ΝΜΑ 21.12/21.20 variant; Ratto 1864;
Sear Byzantine  1712
Ex Savoca Coins 96/1804, 28.2.2021