CNG 94, Lot: 1466. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Michael II the Amorian, with Theophilus. 820-829. AV Solidus (14mm, 3.89 g, 6h). Syracuse mint. Struck 821-829. Crowned facing bust of Michael, wearing loros and holding cross potent / Crowned and draped facing bust of Theophilus, holding globus cruciger. DOC 14b var. (no pellet above loros); Anastasi 503a var. (same); SB 1645. Near EF.

From the Sasha Collection.