CNG 96, Lot: 1011. Estimate $500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Basil I the Macedonian, with Constantine. 867-886. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.40 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 871-886. Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing; star at end of legend / Crowned facing busts of Basil, wearing loros, and Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC 2c; Füeg 3.D.2⁴ (this coin, illustrated); SB 1704. EF, two faint scratches on reverse.

From the Ronald J. Hansen Collection.