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title: Coin of Basil II
author: PHGCOM
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7573/coin-of-basil-ii/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Coin of Basil II
_Authored by PHGCOM_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/7573.jpg)
## Image Caption
A [gold](https://www.worldhistory.org/gold/) [coin](https://www.worldhistory.org/coinage/) of [Basil II](https://www.worldhistory.org/Basil_II/), emperor of the [Byzantine empire](https://www.worldhistory.org/Byzantine_Empire/) (r. 976-1025 CE). Showing Basil and his brother and successor Emperor [Constantine](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Constantine/) VIII. (Musee Saint-Denis, [Paris](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/paris/))
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PHGCOM. (2017, November 08). Coin of Basil II. *World History Encyclopedia*.
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### MLA
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## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BasileIIConstantinVIIIHoldingCross.jpg) by [**PHGCOM**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BasileIIConstantinVIIIHoldingCross.jpg). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 08 November 2017. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.