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A 13 mm example is (perhaps) unpublished.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.
 
E12
   Type E12
   13mm. No clear die axis. 0.83 grams.
    Unpublished?

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

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

E14 struck imitation     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!

E14

   Type E14
   17mm. 12:00. 4.89 grams.

E14

   Type E14
   17mm. 12:00. 1.96 grams.

E14 variety
   Type E14 variety
   o beneath B
   17mm. 12:00. 2.97 grams.

dot in B
   Type E14 variety
   Dot within the B
   18mm. 11:30. 2.94 grams.

E14
   Type E14
   18mm. 12:00. 1.89 grams.
    Unusual beaded border.
    Thin flan.

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

E16  

   Type E16
   17mm. 12:00. 3.52 grams.

E16  
   Type E16
   18mm. 12:00. 4.82 grams


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