Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 2272. Estimate $250.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002.  Sold For $315. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THEOPHILUS. 829-842 AD. AV Solidus (4.31 gm). Struck 830-840. Constantinople mint. *QEOFI-LOS bASILE' Q, crowned bust, holding patriarchal cross and akakia / +MIXAHL S CONSTANTIn', facing busts of Michael II and Constantine; cross between their heads. DOC III 3e; BN 3-4; SB 1653. VF, light obverse graffiti. ($250)