Byzantine coin of Basil I, 867-886. Obverse: large ‘B’. Reverse: large cross; to left and right of cross, pellet; beneath, two steps.

Byzantine coin of Basil I, 867-886. Obverse: large ‘B’. Reverse: large cross; to left and right of cross, pellet; beneath, two steps.

Byzantine coin of Basil I, 867-886. Obverse: large ‘B’; to right, cross. Reverse: large ‘Π’ with small ‘O’ on top.

Byzantine coin of Basil I, 867-886. Obverse: large ‘B’. Reverse: large cross; to left and right of cross, pellet; beneath, two steps.

Byzantine coin of Basil I, 867-886. Obverse: large ‘B’. Reverse: large cross; to left and right of cross, pellet.

Byzantine coin of Basil I, 867-886. Obverse: two busts, facing front; to left, Basil I; to right, Constantine, his son; each wears a crown with cross and a chlamys; between them, they hold a labarum, a military standard; to left, above, and to right, inscription begins with a cross, and says ‘bASILIOSSCnSTAϤϚϚ’. Reverse: there is an inscription over five lines which begins with a cross, and says ‘bASIL/SCOnSTAn/TInOSEnΘO/bASILEISR/OMAOn’. The inscription on the reverse translates as ‘Basil and Constantine, by the Grace of God, Kings of the Romans.

Byzantine coin of Basil I, 867-886. Obverse: two busts, facing front; to left, Basil I; to right, Constantine, his son; each wears a crown with cross and a chlamys; between them, they hold a labarum, a military standard; to left and above, inscription begins with a cross, and says ‘bASILIOSSCOnS’; to right, it is illegible. Reverse: there is an inscription over five lines which begins with a cross, and says ‘bASIL/SCOnSTAn/TInOSEnΘ[O]/bASILEIS[R]/OMAIOn’. The inscription on the reverse translates as ‘Basil and Constantine, by the Grace of God, Kings of the Romans.

Byzantine coin of Basil I, 867-886. Obverse: two busts, facing front; to left, Basil I; to right, Constantine, his son; each wears a crown with cross and a chlamys; between them, they hold a labarum, a military standard; to left, inscription begins with a cross, and says ‘bAS’; above and to right, it says ‘SSCOnSTAϤϚϚ’. Reverse: there is an inscription over five lines which begins with a cross, and says ‘bAS[IL]/SCOnSTAn/TInOSEnΘO/bASILEIS[R]/OMAIO[n]’. The inscription on the reverse translates as ‘Basil and Constantine, by the Grace of God, Kings of the Romans.

Byzantine coin of Basil I, 867-886. Obverse: two figures sitting on a double throne, facing front; to left, Basil I; to right, Constantine, his son; both wear a crown with cross; between them, they hold a labarum, a military standard; to left, inscription is illegible; above, it says ‘ΘE’; to right, 'NƧAT…S’. Reverse: there are five lines of inscriptions, which begin with a cross, and say ‘bASIL[IO]/[SCO]nSTAn/[TIn]OSEnΘO/[b]ASILEISR/[OMAIO]n’. The inscription on the reverse translates as ‘Basil and Constantine, by the Grace of God, Kings of the Romans. Coin has been overstruck.

Byzantine coin of Basil I, 867-886. Obverse: three figures, standing and facing front; in middle, Basil I, wearing a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to left, Leo, his son, wearing a chlamys; to right, Constantine, another son, also wearing a chlamys; all wear a crown with cross; to left, inscription says ‘LEOn’; to right and above, it says ‘CONSTAϤϚϚ’. Reverse: there are five lines of inscriptions, which begin with a cross, and say ‘b[ASIL]/[COnSTAn]/TSLEOnEn/ΘObASIL/ROMEOn’; beneath, there is another cross. The inscription on the reverse roughly translates as ‘Basil, Constantine, and Leo, By the Grace of God, Kings of the Romans.’ Coin has been overstruck.