Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1200. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Michael II the Amorian, with Theophilus. 820-829. Æ Follis (3.38 g, 6h). Syracuse mint. Struck 821-829. Crowned half-length facing busts of Michael, wearing chlamys, and Theophilus, wearing loros / Large M; cross above, Θ below. DOC 21; Anastasi 513b; Spahr 399; SB 1652. EF, dark green patina. A handsome example.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.