CNG 108, Lot: 767. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Theophilus. 829-842. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.45 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 829-830. * ӨЄOFI–LOS ЬASILЄ’, crowned facing bust, wearing slight beard and loros, holding globus cruciger and cruciform scepter / CVRIЄ ЬOHӨH τO SO ∂OVLO * Є, patriarchal cross set upon three steps. DOC 1b; Füeg 1.A.1; SB 1655. Near EF, toned, a couple of marks in reverse field. Rare.

From the D. Massey Collection. Ex Peus 386 (26 April 2006), lot 908.