415, Lot: 625. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Basil I the Macedonian, with Constantine. 867-886. Debased AV Semissis (13mm, 1.28 g, 5h). Syracuse mint. Struck 868-878. Crowned facing bust of Basil, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger / Crowned facing bust of Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger. DOC 14a; Anastasi 579; SB 1714. Near VF, toned, some porosity.
From the D. Massey Collection, purchased from Glenn Woods.