452, Lot: 818. Estimate $100. Sold for $205. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Basil I the Macedonian. 867-886. AR Miliaresion (22mm, 2.98 g, 12h). Constantinople mint. Struck 868-879. Cross potent set on three steps; globus below / + ЬASI/LIOS CЄ/COҺSTAҺ/TIҺ’ PISTV/ЬASILIS/ROMЄO’ in six lines. DOC 7; SB 1708. Toned, slightly double struck, scratch and die break in obverse. Good VF.

From the Johnson Family Collection, purchased from Numismatic Fine Arts (Edward Gans).