89, Lot: 42. Estimate $300. Sold for $370. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BASIL I and CONSTANTINE. 867-886 AD. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.37 gm). Constantinople mint. Struck 868-879 AD. Christ enthroned facing; legend ends with six-pointed star / Crowned busts of Basil and Constantine facing, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC III 2c; SB 1704. VF, graffiti on reverse.