174, Lot: 290. Estimate $200. Sold for $205. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Basil I the Macedonian, with Constantine. 867-886. Base AV Semissis(13mm, 0.91 g). Syracuse mint. Struck 868-879. Crowned bust of Basil, wearing loros and holding globus cruciger / Crowned bust of Constantine, wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger. DOC III 14a; SB 1714. VF, slight flan crack.

From the Chris Connell Collection.