Stack's The Golden Horn Collection 2009, lot 3205, sold for $3250.

Theophilus and Michael III (840-842).

Solidus. Constantinople. • + MIXAHLu?SPOTIS A. Bust of Michael II facing, beardless, wearing crown and loros, holding globus cruciger and cruciform scepter. Rv. + ??OFI LOSbASIL?s ?. Bust of Theophilus, with short beard, wearing crown and chlamys, holding patriarchal cross and akakia. AV 4.39 grams, 6h. DOC 5 (with Mivchael III); FF 5; Sear 1657. Ex jewelry. Very rare. About Very Fine. (5,000-5,500)

As with the issues of his father Michael II and son Constantine, it is probable that the obverse type is not Theophilus as published in DOC, but his son Michael III.

Ex Berk sale 121, 2001, lot 77; Sotheby's, October 1995, lot 361.

Courtesy of Stack's.