CNG 102, Lot: 1179. Estimate $6000. Sold for $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Theophilus, with Constantine. 829-842. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.39 g, 7h). Constantinople mint. Struck 830-831. * ӨЄOFI-LOS ЬASILЄ’, crowned and draped facing bust of Theophilus, holding patriarchal cross and akakia / + COҺSτAҺτ’ ∂ЄSPOτI’ X, crowned facing bust of Constantine, wearing loros, holding globus surmounted by patriarchal cross and cruciform scepter. DOC 2 var. (Λ at end of rev. legend); Füeg 2.A.1; SB 1654. Good VF, minor ding. Very rare.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Triton II (1 December 1998), lot 1122.