Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 1208. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BASIL I and CONSTANTINE. 868-879 AD. AV Solidus (4.27 gm). Constantinople mint. +IhS XPS REX REGNANTIUM, Christ enthroned facing; legend ends with six-pointed star / bASILIOS ET CONSTANT' AUGG b', crowned busts of Basil and Constantine facing, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC III 2b; BN 4-7; SB 1704. Superb EF. ($750)