CNG 108, Lot: 768. Estimate $500. Sold for $1703. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Basil I the Macedonian, with Constantine. 867-886. AV Solidus (19mm, 4.33 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 870-871. Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing; star at end of legend / Crowned facing busts of Basil, wearing loros, and Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC 2c; Füeg 3.C.2; SB 1704. Near EF.

From the D. Massey Collection.