445, Lot: 528. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Theophilus. 829-842. Æ Half Follis (22mm, 2.99 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 830/1-842. Crowned half-length bust facing, holding labarum and globus cruciger; small cross to right / + ӨЄO/FILЄ AVG/OVSτЄ SV/ҺICAS in four lines. DOC 16c (plated but not described in text); SB 1668. EF, dark green to black patina with traces of red, a few scrapes on reverse high points. Rare variety with small cross on obverse.