Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1202. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Theophilus. 829-842. AV Solidus (3.89 g, 6h). Syracuse mint. Struck circa 829-830. Crowned half-length facing bust, wearing chlamys, holding cross potent; star at beginning of legend / Crowned half-length facing bust, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger. DOC 18.2; Anastasi 543bis; Spahr 415; SB 1671. EF, struck on a compact flan, affecting legends.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.