147, Lot: 558. Estimate $200. Sold for $430. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Basil I the Macedonian, with Constantine. 867-886. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.40 g). Constantinople mint. Struck 868-879. Christ, nimbate, enthroned facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels / Crowned facing busts of Basil and Constantine holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC III 2a; SB 1704. VF.

From the Henry Chitwood Collection.