Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1762. Estimate $300. Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004. Sold For $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BASIL I, the Macedonian, with CONSTANTINE. 868-879 AD. AV Solidus (4.41 gm). Constantinople mint. Christ, nimbate, enthroned facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels; legend ends with * / Crowned facing busts of Basil, with short beard and loros, and Constantine, beardless and wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC III 2a; SB 1704. Good VF. ($300)