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Basil I and Constantine VII, CE 867-876

AE follis, 25 mm, 7.1 gm

Constantinople mint

Obv:  bASILIO S CONSTAN BASILIS; Basil, crowned, bearded and wearing loros on left and Constantine on right, crowned and wearing loros, on right, seated facing on double throne, holding labarum between them

Rev: bASILIO-S CONSTAN-TINOS EN OO-bASILEIS R-OMAION in five lines

Ref: SB 1710; DOC 9A

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