BASIL I WITH CONSTANTINE GOLD SOLIDUS – CHRIST ENTHRONED PORTRAIT ISSUE – CHOICE AU NGC GRADED BYZANTINE COIN (Inv. 21300)

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21300. BYZANTINE EMPIRE. BASIL I WITH CONSTANTINE, AD 868–886.
Gold Solidus, 4.40 g, 20 mm. Issue of Constantinople, 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 Collection of a Scottish Gentleman, Heritage 3064, 4/20/2018, lot 30342 = Stack’s 10/30/2014, lot 357.
NGC graded CHOICE AU, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5.