CNG 96, Lot: 948. Estimate $300. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Basiliscus & Marcus. AD 475-476. Æ (9mm, 1.05 g, 12h). Uncertain mint. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / First Basiliscus and Marcus Monogram within wreath. RIC X p. 305 note †. VF, dark brown and green patina, earthen deposits. Very rare.

From the Bramhall Collection, acquired from Baldwin’s in 1987.