Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1201. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Theophilus. 829-842. Æ Follis (7.22 g, 7h). Constantinople mint. Struck 830/1-842. Three-quarter length facing figure, wearing loros and crown surmounted by tufa, holding labarum and globus cruciger / Legend in four lines. DOC 15a; SB 1667. EF, green patina, traces of earthen deposits, slight die shift on obverse.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.