97, Lot: 196. Estimate $300. Sold for $470. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THEOPHILUS. 829-842 AD. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.25 gm). Constantinople mint, struck 830-840 AD. *QEOFI-LOS bASILE' Q, crowned bust, holding patriarchal cross and akakia / +MIXAHL S CONSTANTIn', facing busts of Michael II and Constantine; cross between their heads. DOC III 3e; SB 1653. VF, ex jewelry. 

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Bowers & Merena (23-25 January 1986), lot 4897.