132, Lot: 256. Estimate $200. Sold for $295. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BASIL I, the Macedonian [with Constantine]. 867-886 AD. AV Solidus (19mm, 4.42 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 868-879 AD. Christ, nimbate, enthroned facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels; legend ends with * / Crowned facing busts of Basil, wearing short beard and loros, and Constantine, beardless, and wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC III 2a; SB 1704. Good Fine, traces of deposits.