BASIL I AND CONSTANTINE GOLD SOLIDUS – CHRIST ENTHRONED ISSUE – AU NGC GRADED BYZANTINE COIN (Inv. 20919)

$2,850.00

20919. BYZANTINE EMPIRE. BASIL I WITH CONSTANTINE, AD 868–886.
Gold Solidus, 4.40 g, 20 mm. Issue of Constantinople, struck AD 868–879.
Obv. +IhS XIS RЄX RЄGNANTIЧM, Christ Pantocrator enthroned, facing, holding Gospels and raising his right hand in benediction. Rev. BASILIOS ЄT COhStAhtI AЧSS I, facing busts of Basil and Constantine holding patriarchal cross between them.
Sear 1704.
Ex Swiss collection formed in the 1990s–2000s, with collector’s ticket in French.
NGC graded AU, Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5.