382, Lot: 495. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Basil I the Macedonian, with Constantine. 867-886. AR Miliaresion (23.5mm, 2.42 g, 12h). Constantinople mint. Struck 868-879. Cross potent set on three steps; globus below / + ЬASI/LIOS CЄ/COҺSTAҺ/TIҺ’ PISTV/ЬASILIS/ROMЄO’ in six lines. DOC 7; SB 1708. Good VF, toned. Nice metal.

From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 809294 (March 2008); Ross Schraeder Collection.