Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1204. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Theophilus. 829-842. AV Tremissis (1.24 g, 6h). Syracuse mint. Struck circa 829-830. 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 20; Anastasi 546; Spahr 419; SB 1679. EF. Bold strike on both sides.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.