Watch List notes:

Michael II. 820-829 AD. Solidus, 4.31g (6h). Constantinople, c. 810-829 AD. Obv: *MIX-AHL-bASILE' Bust facing, bearded, wearing chlamys and crown with cross on circlet. In right hand, cross potent on base; in left, akakia. Rx: ΘΕΟFI-LO dESP'+E Bust facing, beardless, wearing loros and crown with cross on circlet. In right hand, globus cruciger; in left, cross scepter. Berk 241. Sear 1640. DO 5a. VF+

Ex Sotheby's New York, Hunt Collection, 5-6 December 1990, lot 642