Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 1118. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BASIL I, the Macedonian, with CONSTANTINE. 868-879 AD. AV Solidus (4.45 gm). Constantinople mint. +IhS XPS REX REGNANTIUM, Christ, nimbate, enthroned facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels; legend ends with five-pointed star / bASILIOS ET CONSTANT AUGG b, crowned facing busts of Basil, with short beard and loros, and Constantine, beardless and wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC III 2b; SB 1704. Choice EF. ($500)