CNG 108, Lot: 766. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Michael II the Amorian, with Theophilus. 820-829. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.42 g, 5h). Constantinople mint. Struck 821-829. *mIX–AHL ЬASILЄЧS, crowned and draped facing bust of Michael, holding cross potent in right hand, akakia in left / ΘЄOFI–LO ∂ЄSPS +Є, crowned facing bust of Theophilus, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger in right hand, cruciform scepter in left. DOC 5a; Füeg 3.B.1; SB 1640. Near EF, underlying luster, some obverse die rust.