Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1889. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BASIL I, the Macedonian, with CONSTANTINE. 868-879 AD. AV Solidus (4.40 gm). Constantinople mint. Christ, nimbate, enthroned facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels; legend ends with * / Crowned facing busts of Basil, wearing loros, and Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC III 2c; SB 1704. Good VF. ($400)