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Semisis - Basil I & Constantine
| Issuer | Byzantine Empire (Byzantine states) |
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| Year | 867-886 |
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| Weight | 1.23 g |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of Emperor Basil I depicted in a highly stylized Byzantine manner, wearing a crown surmounted by a cross and loros, with the face rendered frontally in a schematic, hieratic style characteristic of ninth-century Macedonian dynasty coinage. The bust is set within a circular border of dots or pellets. A circular Greek legend surrounds the effigy in the field, reading +BASILIOC, identifying the emperor by name. |
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| Obverse lettering | +BASILIOC (Translation: Basil) |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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