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Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Michael III "the Drunkard", with Basil I AE Follis. AD 842-867.
Constantinopolis mint; struck AD 866-867. ✠ MIhAЄL IMPЄRAT', bust of Michael III facing, wearing crown surmounted with cross and chlamys, holding akakia in his left hand and globus cruciger in his right / ✠ bASILIЧS RЄX✱, bust of Basil I facing, wearing crown surmounted with cross and chlamys, holding akakia in his left hand and globus cruciger in his right. SB 1693. 5.96gr, 29mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
PROVENANCE:
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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