161, Lot: 301. Estimate $300. Sold for $675. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Theophilus. 829-842. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.41 g, 6h). 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. VF, a few light field scratches.