188, Lot: 413. Estimate $250. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Basil I the Macedonian, with Constantine. 867-886. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.30 g). Constantinople mint. Struck 868-879. Christ enthroned facing, holding Gospels and raising hand in benediction / Crowned facing busts of Basil and Constantine holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC III 2a; SB 1704. VF.