Basil I the Macedonian, with Constantine and Eudocia, 867-886. Solidus (Gold, 19 mm, 4.42 g, 6 h), Constantinople, 867-8. + bASILIOS AЧςЧST' b' Crowned bust of Basil facing, wearing loros and holding a globus surmounted by a patriarchal cross in his right hand and an akakia with his left. Rev. COhSTAhT' ЄVdoSIA ∗ Crowned facing busts of Constantine, wearing a chlamys and holding a globus cruciger in his right hand, on the left, and Eudocia, wearing a loros and holding a cruciform scepter with her left hand, on the right; between them, cross above a pellet. DOC 3.4 (same dies). Füeg 2.1. SB 1703. Extremely rare, with ЄVdoSIA rather than ЄVdoCIA on the reverse. Clear and well-struck. With flan faults and deliberate damages on the obverse (an attempted damnatio?), and some striking flatness, otherwise, about extremely fine.
