CNG 88, Lot: 1718. Estimate $150. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Basil I the Macedonian, with Constantine and Leo VI. 867-886. Æ Follis (27mm, 7.29 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 870-879. Crowned half-length facing busts of Basil, wearing loros and holding akakia, between Leo and Constantine, both wearing chlamys / Legend in five lines; star below. DOC 11; SB 1712. Good VF, brown patina, minor porosity.

From the HLT Collection.