Basil I with Leo, who became Leo VI, and Constantine, Basil's favorite son who died before Basil, so the throne went to Leo. Basil didn't like Leo, unfortunately. And he showed it by imprisoning him and threatening to blind him. But Leo persevered. This coin thus depicts some severe ancient family drama. What memories. Basil I (867-886) Æ Follis; Constantinople mint; Obv: +LEOh bASIL COhST AVGG, Facing half-length figures of Basil in center, Leo on left and Constantine on right, Basil wears crown and loros and holds akakia, both sons wear crown and chlamys; Rev: +bASIL COhSTAhN T S LEOhNEN QO bASIL S ROMEOh in five lines, "*" in exergue; 24mm, 7.89 grams; DOC 11.1, Sear 1713
Very distinct detail on that coin. A lot of the Eastern Roman coins are so worn and beaten that they lack the crispness this one retains. So much of the East was like a soap opera, but it lasted a millennium.
That coin is in a very good condition indeed. Byzantine coins are never realistic/artistic, but rather simplistic/cartoonish designed pretty much as cubism art in the beginning of 1900s. A similar coin that is worn would look like this (not mine): Also the Eastern Romans/Byzantines stopped with making realistic bust and resorted to mosaic, like this one of Constantine IX Monomachos and Zoe Porphyrogenita in Hagia Sophia:
