107, Lot: 228. Estimate $300. Sold for $395. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BASIL I, with CONSTANTINE. 867-886 AD. AV Solidus (19mm, 4.32 gm). Constantinople mint. Struck 868-879 AD. Christ enthroned facing; legend ends with five-pointed star(?) / Crowned facing busts of Basil and Constantine, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC III 2c; SB 1704. Choice VF.

Coin Galleries (24 January 1984), lot 39.