BYZANTINE EMPIRE - BYZANTINE Basil I and Constantine (868-879). Solidus ND (868-877), Constantinople. Av. + IhS XPS REX - REGANTIYM (cross). Christ with cruciger nimbus, wearing stola and kolobion, blessing with right hand and holding Gospels in left hand, seated frontally on throne with lyre-shaped back. Rv. bASILIOS AND COhSTAhT' AYGGb. Bust facing left of Basil, wearing loros and divitsion, right of Constantine, wearing chlamydia, carrying stemma, holding between them a long patriarchal cross. BC.1704 - BN.34/04 - Sommer 33.3 ; Gold - 4.34 g - 20 mm - 6 h NGC Ch AU 4/5 3/5 scuffs (6641392-006). Minimal traces of rubbing and fine scratches, hardly visible. With a golden patina. Superb.