Byzantine coin of Basil I, 867-886. Obverse: three figures, standing and facing front; in middle, Basil I, wearing a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to left, Leo, his son, wearing a chlamys; to right, Constantine, another son, also wearing a chlamys; all wear a crown with cross; to left, above, and right, inscriptions say ‘LEOnbASILCONSTAϤϚϚ’. Reverse: there are five lines of inscriptions, which begin with a cross, and say ‘bASIL/COnSTAn/TSLEOnEn/ΘObASIL/ROMEOn’; beneath, there is another cross. The inscription on the reverse roughly translates as ‘Basil, Constantine, and Leo, By the Grace of God, Kings of the Romans.’

Byzantine coin of Basil I, 867-886. Obverse: two figures sitting on a double throne, facing front; to left, Basil I; to right, Constantine, his son; both wear a crown with cross and a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; between them, they hold a labarum, a military standard; to left and above, inscription begins with a cross, and says ‘bASLSCOn’; to right, it is illegible. Reverse: there are five lines of inscriptions, which begin with a cross, and say ‘bASI[LIO]/SCOnST[An]/TInOSE[nΘO]/bASILEI[SR]/OMAIO[n]’. The inscription on the reverse translates as ‘Basil and Constantine, by the Grace of God, Kings of the Romans.

Byzantine coin of Basil I, 867-886. Obverse: two figures sitting on a double throne, facing front; to left, Basil I; to right, Constantine, his son; both wear a crown with cross and a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; between them, they hold a labarum, a military standard; to left, above, and right, inscription begins with a cross, and says ‘bASILIOSCOnSTAnbASILIO’. Reverse: there are five lines of inscriptions, which begin with a cross, and say ‘bASILIO/SCOnSTAn/TInOSEnΘO/bASILEISR/OMAIOn’. The inscription on the reverse translates as ‘Basil and Constantine, by the Grace of God, Kings of the Romans.

Byzantine coin of Michael III, 842-867. Obverse: bust of Michael III, facing front; he wears a crown with cross and a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to left, he holds a patriarchal cross on a globe; to left, inscription begins with a cross, and says ‘MIhAEL’; to right, it says ‘IMPERAT’. Reverse: bust of Basil I, his associated ruler, facing front; he wears a crown with cross and a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to left, he holds a patriarchal cross on a globe; to left, inscription begins with a cross, and then says ‘bASIL’; to right, it says ‘IϤSREX’ with a star after the ‘X’.

Byzantine coin of Michael III, 842-867. Obverse: bust of Michael III, facing front; he wears a crown with cross and a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to left, he holds a patriarchal cross on a globe; to left, inscription says ‘MIhAEL’; to right, it is illegible. Reverse: bust of Basil I, his associated ruler, facing front; he wears a crown with cross and a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to left, he holds a patriarchal cross on a globe; to left, inscription begins with a cross, and then says ‘b[AS]IL’; to right, it says ‘[IϤSR]EX’ with a star after the ‘X’.

Byzantine coin of Michael III, 842-867. Obverse: bust of Michael III, facing front; he wears a crown with cross and a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to left, he holds a patriarchal cross on a globe; to left, inscription says ‘MIhAEL’; to right, ‘IMPERAT’. Reverse: bust of Basil I, his associated ruler, facing front; he wears a crown with cross and a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to left, he holds a patriarchal cross on a globe; to left, inscription begins with a cross, and then says ‘bASIL’; to right, it says ‘IϤSREX’.

Byzantine coin of Leo III, 717-741. Obverse: large cross potent on three steps; to left, inscriptions says ‘InSϤSXRIS’; to right, ‘TϤSnICA’. Reverse: there is an inscription composed of five lines, which says ‘LEOn/SCOnST/AnTInEE/CΘEϤBA/SILIS; there is a pellet after the last letter. The first inscription in translation reads ‘May Jesus Christ Conquer’. The second says ‘Leo and Constantine, by the Grace of God, Kings.’ (Translations from Sear catalogue.)

Byzantine coin of Leo III, 717-741, or Leo V, 813-820. Obverse: busts of Leo III or Leo V, to left, and Constantine V (son of Leo III) or Constantine (son of Leo V), to right; both wear a chlamys and a crown with cross; to left, inscription says ‘LEOn’; to right, ‘STAn’. Reverse: large ‘M’; to left, ‘XXX’ in a vertical position; to right, ‘NNN’ in a vertical position; above, cross; beneath, ‘A’.

Byzantine coin of Theophilus, 829-842. Obverse: bust of Theophilus, facing front; he wears a chlamys and a crown with cross; to left, he holds a patriarchal cross; to left, there is also a star; in front of his body, he holds an akakia, a silk roll containing dust that symbolizes mortality ; to left, inscription says ‘ΘE’; to right, it says ‘OFILbASIL’. Reverse: large ‘M’; to left, ‘XXX’ in a vertical position; to right, ‘NNN’ in a vertical position; above, cross; beneath, ‘Θ’.

Byzantine coin of Theophilus, 829-842. Obverse: bust of Theophilus, facing front; he wears a chlamys and a crown with cross; to left, he holds a patriarchal cross; to left, there is also a star; in front of his body, he holds an akakia, a silk roll containing dust that symbolizes mortality ; to left, inscription says ‘ΘE’; to right, it says ‘OFILbASIL’. Reverse: large ‘M’; to left, ‘XXX’ in a vertical position; to right, ‘NNN’ in a vertical position; above, cross; beneath, ‘Θ’.