375, Lot: 734. Estimate $200. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Basil I the Macedonian, with Constantine and Leo VI. 867-886. Æ Follis (26mm, 5.66 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 870-879. Crowned half-length figures of Basil, wearing loros, between Constantine and Leo, each wearing chlamys / + ЬASIL/COҺSTAҺ/T’ S LЄOҺ ЄN/ӨO ЬASIL/ROMЄOҺ in five lines; cross below. DOC 10d; SB 1713. Near EF, attractive dark green patina.