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

E12
19-13
360o 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A 13 mm example is (perhaps) unpublished.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
354o 354r 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
360o 360r 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
376o 376r A376
So7.16
S1719v2   G-- DO-- So7.16 has no clear dot in the B.
The cross is wider than E16.
E16
16
377o 360r 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
384o 360r 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Unpublished?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

 

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