Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1865. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BASIL I, the Macedonian, with CONSTANTINE. 867-886 AD. AR Miliaresion (2.64 gm, 12h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 868-879 AD. Cross potent on three steps set on globe / +bASI LIOS CE CONSTAn TIN' PISTV bASILIS ROMEO' in six lines. DOC III 7; SB 1708. Good VF, slight porosity under dark toning. Sharp strike. ($200)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.