155, Lot: 346. Estimate $300. Sold for $576. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Basil I the Macedonian, with Constantine. 867-886. AV Solidus (20mm, 3.95 gm). Constantinople mint. Struck 868-879. 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 2a; SB 1704. Good VF, graffiti.