Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 2013. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002.  Sold For $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MICHAEL II. Sole Reign. 820-821 AD. AR Miliaresion (2.04 gm). Constantinople mint. Cross potent on three steps / Legend in five lines. DOC III 6 (Michael III); SB 1691 (Michael III). Good VF. ($150)

Based on hoard evidence, Simon Bendall has reassigned this coin from the reign of Michael III to that of Michael II (see S. Bendall, "Miliaresia of the reign of Michael II, AD 820-822," NCirc 91/2, [March 1983], pp. 42-43).