CNG 112, Lot: 689. Estimate $300. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Basil I the Macedonian. 867-886. AR Miliaresion (24.5mm, 2.89 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. Attractive old cabinet tone. EF.

From the Johnson Family Collection. Ex Miguel Munoz Collection (Part II, Superior, 4 June 1979), lot 1650.