149, Lot: 385. Estimate $300. Sold for $461. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Theophilus. 829-842. AV Solidus (19mm, 4.35 g). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 830-840. Crowned facing bust, holding patriarchal cross and akakia / Crowned facing busts of Michael II and Constantine; cross between their heads. DOC III 3b; SB 1653. Near VF, flan dent, a little porous.