Ancients
Basil I the Macedonian (AD 867-886), with Constantine. AV solidus (4.39 gm). Constantinople, AD 870-871. Christ, nimbate, seated facing, wearing chiton, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels / Crowned facing busts of Basil, with short beard and loros, and Constantine, beardless and wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross between them. Sear 1704. Good Very Fine.From The Andre Constantine Dimitriadis Collection. Ex William Herbert Hunt Collection (Sotheby's New York, 21 June 1991), lot 565.
Estimate: 400-500 USD