Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1421. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MICHAEL III, 'the Drunkard', with BASIL I. 842-867 AD. Æ Follis (8.00 gm, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 866-867 AD. +MIhAEL IMPERAT', facing bust of Michael, wearing crown and loros, holding patriarchal cross on globus and akakia / +bASIL IUS REX*, similar bust of Basil I. DOC III 8; SB 1693. EF, dark green patina. Rare and choice. ($300)

From the Malcolm W. Heckman Collection.