Strange isless behavior

[chelseas]

Here is a minimal example:

julia> Int64(9) < Basic("10")
true

but:

julia> max(Basic(6.), 9)
ERROR: MethodError: no method matching isless(::Int64, ::Basic)
Closest candidates are:
  isless(::Union{Number, Dates.AbstractTime}, ::IntervalSets.ClosedInterval{T} where T) at /home/csidrane/.julia/packages/AxisArrays/FWWEV/src/intervals.jl:53
  isless(::Real, ::Union{StatsBase.PValue, StatsBase.TestStat}) at /home/csidrane/.julia/packages/StatsBase/CuCbN/src/statmodels.jl:515
  isless(::Real, ::AbstractGray{T} where T) at /home/csidrane/.julia/packages/ColorTypes/6m8P7/src/operations.jl:32
  ...
Stacktrace:
 [1] max(x::Basic, y::Int64)
   @ Base ./operators.jl:419
 [2] top-level scope
   @ REPL[50]:1
 [3] top-level scope
   @ ~/.julia/packages/CUDA/YpW0k/src/initialization.jl:52