Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1207. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Basil I the Macedonian, with Leo VI and Alexander. 867-886. AR Miliaresion (2.90 g, 12h). Constantinople mint. Struck 868-879. Cross potent on three steps; globe below / Legend in six lines. DOC 7; SB 1708. EF, toned.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.