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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 6568421, member: 44316"]Basil I was Byzantine emperor from 867 to 886. He founded the "Macedonian Dynasty" which lasted almost 200 years, until 1056.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one of his AE coin types, a recent acquisition:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1263696[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Basil I, alone. Struck 879-886.</p><p>28-27 mm. 7.01 grams.</p><p>+bASILIO S bASILЄVS</p><p>Basil in loros on throne with curved arms ("winged throne")</p><p>+bASIL</p><p>IOS ЄҺΘЄC</p><p>bASILЄVS</p><p>ROMEOҺ</p><p><br /></p><p>Sear 1709. DO 12.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wrote up the story on my page about Basil I:</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/Basil.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/Basil.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/Basil.html</a></p><p>It is interesting, I assure you. His second son and successor was Leo VI, so if you have one of those common coins, you might like to read it. </p><p><br /></p><p>For an introduction to Byzantine coins, see:</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/index.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Show us something Byzantine![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 6568421, member: 44316"]Basil I was Byzantine emperor from 867 to 886. He founded the "Macedonian Dynasty" which lasted almost 200 years, until 1056. Here is one of his AE coin types, a recent acquisition: [ATTACH=full]1263696[/ATTACH] Basil I, alone. Struck 879-886. 28-27 mm. 7.01 grams. +bASILIO S bASILЄVS Basil in loros on throne with curved arms ("winged throne") +bASIL IOS ЄҺΘЄC bASILЄVS ROMEOҺ Sear 1709. DO 12. I wrote up the story on my page about Basil I: [URL]http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/Basil.html[/URL] It is interesting, I assure you. His second son and successor was Leo VI, so if you have one of those common coins, you might like to read it. For an introduction to Byzantine coins, see: [URL]http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/index.html[/URL] Show us something Byzantine![/QUOTE]
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