#e807# Byzantine Follis coin of Basil II from 1020-1028 AD (Constantinople) HQ - Griffin seated left

- Griffin seated left

-  Wreathed head of Dionysos right

ID#111g (UK)

Diameter: 14 mm MINT: Magnesia ad Maeandrum

its conquest and political consolidation of most of Classical Greece during the reign of Philip II was achieved in part by his reformation of the Ancient Macedonian army

#e807# Byzantine Follis coin of Basil II from 1020-1028 AD (Constantinople) HQ - Griffin seated leftWelcome to cc coins Up for auction is a Anonymoys 'type' Byzantine Follis coin issued during the reign of Basil from 1020 1028 AD. ID#807e (UK) Diameter: 30mm MINT: Constantinople OBVERSE; + EMMANOVH Bust of Christ facing, holding book of Gospels. REVERSE; +IhSS XRISTS bASIL bASIL Legend within five lines. REFERENCE: Sear 1818 Basil II 976 1025 Probably the most militant of the Byzantine emperors, Basil never married, devoting his entire reign to