Basil I  (867-886).
Images.    [15-17 mm, rarely larger]

E12 19-13		cross	A351	S--		G--		This type is struck, not cast. A has one example, larger than the usual  Basil I "B", but reverse is garbled. A 13 mm example is (perhaps) unpublished.
E13 15			A354-359 So7.3-6	S1720	B913	G867	DO III,II: 17.a2-3, 17.c	A353 is struck., but similar in design to these. DO pl. XXXIII G:  class 1, 867
E14 17			A360-375 So7.7-9 So.7.12	S1719v1	B911	G870	DO 20a.3,.9	S1717 has pellets on either side of the B So7.8 does not have pellets beside the cross On So7.12 the "B" is similar to E15 (no dot)
E15 15			A376 So7.16	S1719v2		G--	DO--	So7.16 has no clear dot in the B. The cross is wider than E16.
E16 16			A377-383 So7.13-15	S1719v3		G871	DO 20b.1-3	Similar to A360 above, but with pellets.  It is slightly reduced in size and the bottom  loop is almost a delta. The top is not quite closed.
E17 22-19			A384 So.13.8	S--	B--	G--	DO--	Anokhin "9th century", listed right after Basil I. Sokolova: "anonymous". Zagreba #60 calls it "interregnum" after Constantine VII (913-959) and before Romanus II and Basil II (959-963)

There are various shapes of "B", from an almost modern "B" to a delta-shaped lower part. They also come with and without pellets on either side.
 
 
Type E12
13mm. No clear die axis. 0.83 grams.
Unpublished?
Sear 1920x

 
Type E13 variety
Two o's above the pi.
14 mm. 4:30. 1.98 grams.
Slightly reddish.
Sear 1720.

 
Type E13 variety
No + to the right of the B.
12mm. 10:30. 0.89 grams.
Sear 1720.




Type E13, struck imitation
16-15mm. 12:00. 0.84 grams.
Very thin. Amazing to find a struck imitation of a cast genuine coin -- quite the reverse of the usual type of ancient counterfeit!
Prototype Sear 1720.


 

Type E14
Basil I
17mm. 12:00. 4.89 grams.
Sear 1719


 

Type E14
Basil I
17mm. 12:00. 1.96 grams.
Sear 1719. 

 

Type E14 variety
o beneath B
Basil I
17mm. 12:00. 2.97 grams.
Sear 1719.



Type E14 variety
Dot within the B
Basil I
18mm. 11:30. 2.94 grams.
Sear 1719.

 
 
Type E14
Basil I
18mm. 12:00. 1.89 grams.
Unusual beaded border.
Thin flan.
Sear 1719

 

Type E15
Basil I
18-17mm. 12:00. 1.52 grams.
Wider cross than other Sear 1719 varieties.
Sear 1719 variety 1.

 

Type E16
Basil I
17mm. 12:00. 3.52 grams.
Sear 1719