206, Lot: 442. Estimate $100. Sold for $275. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Basil I the Macedonian, with Constantine. 867-886. Base AV Tremissis (13mm, 1.13 g, 5h). Syracuse mint. Struck 868-879. Crowned facing bust of Basil, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger; star to left / Crowned facing bust of Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger. DOC 14a; SB 1714. VF, thick deposits, edge chipped.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.