Description
Country or authority: Byzantine Empire
Year or date range: c. AD 868–870
Denomination: Follis
Composition: Copper
Ruler or portrait: Basil I and his son Constantine
Catalogue references: Sear, Byzantine Coins and Their Values 1721
Obverse description: Two crowned facing busts, attributed to Basil I at left and Constantine at right, with a long labarum between them. Crosses surmount both crowns. Draped shoulders remain visible, but garment details are worn. Peripheral legend includes […]CO[…]; the complete wording is not securely readable.
Reverse description: Inscription in five horizontal lines, provisionally read as [+] bASIL / S COҺ[…] / TI[…] / bASIL[…]R / OMAOҺ. Much of the central lettering is indistinct. No separate mintmark is identifiable.
