Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1203. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Theophilus. 829-842. AV Semissis (1.81 g, 6h). Syracuse mint. Struck 829/30. Crowned half-length facing bust, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger / Crowned half-length facing bust, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger; star at beginning of legend. DOC 19; Anastasi 544c; Spahr 417; SB 1676. EF, a shallow scratch in legend on reverse.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.