298, Lot: 396. Estimate $100. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Theophilus. 829-842. Æ Follis (31mm, 7.41 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 829-830/1. Crowned facing bust, holding cross potent and akakia / Large M; X/X/X to left, N/N/N to right, Ө below. DOC 13; SB 1666. Near VF, dark greenish-brown patina with earthen deposits, crimp on edge, possibly the result of being removed from a mount. Well centered and struck on an unusually large, round flan.