130, Lot: 405. Estimate $200. Sold for $285. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BASIL I, the Macedonian, and CONSTANTINE. 868-879. Base AV Semissis (12mm, 1.14 g). Syracuse mint. Crowned bust of Basil, wearing loros and holding globus cruciger / Crowned bust of Constantine, wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger. DOC III 14a; SB 1714. Good VF, minor roughness.

From the Tony Hardy Collection.