Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1413. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $625. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THEOPHILUS, with Michael III. 829-842 AD. AR Miliaresion (2.15 gm, 12h). Constantinople mint. Struck 840-842 AD. IhSUS XRIS TUS nICA, cross potent on three steps / +QEO FILOS S MI XAHL ECQE' bASILIS RO MAIOn in five lines. DOC III 12; SB 1664. EF, toned, slight encrustation, full flan with complete triple borders. ($200)

From the Malcolm W. Heckman Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXVIII (8 December 1993), lot 502; Schweizerischer Bankverein 28 (17-19 September 1991), lot 824.