CNG 85, Lot: 1286. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Basil I the Macedonian, with Constantine. 867-886. AV Nomisma (20mm, 4.14 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 868-879. Christ Pantocrator enthroned facing / Crowned facing busts of Basil and Constantine holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC 2a; Füeg 3.C.1; SB 1704. Near EF.

From the Collection of a Northern California Gentleman.