Coin removed from NGC box with MS strike 5/5 and surface 4/5 scuff (gentle bump/scratch above Constantine's head).
Ex. Buy or Bid Sale 211 Harlan J. Berk Chicago, lot 27, 2020.
Ex. Bid Sale 165 Harlan J. Berk Chicago, lot 49, 2009 (oryginal auction ticket included).
Byzantine Empire
Basil I (867–886), Solidus 869-872, Constantinople mint
Obverse: nimbate Christ enthroned facing, raises right hand, holds Gospelsbook
+IhS XPS REX REGNANTIUM*
Reverse: facing crowned busts of Basil I in loros, and Constantine in chlamys, holding between them long patriarchal cross
bASILIOS ET COhSTAhT AUGGb
Gold, diameter 19 mm, weight 4.40 g