Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1201. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Manuel Comnenus-Ducas. Circa 12th century. PB Seal (37mm, 22.15 g, 12h). O/A/G/I/OC down left field; [MEP]/KOV/PI/OC down right field; St. Merkourios standing facing, wearing military attire, holding spear in right hand, left hand on shield / MAPTVC/ MANOVHL/ KOM[NH]NO D(OY)/KAN CKE/POIC in six lines; cross above. BLS I -; DOCBS -; Seyrig -; Vatican -; Orghidan -; Jordanov II 351. VF, gray patina, suspension damage.

From the Robert E. Hecht Collection.

A similar seal has previously been assigned to Manuel Comnenus-Ducas, the despotes of Epirus, but this attribution has recently been rejected by Jordanov, who interprets it as belonging to a private citizen of the Comnenus-Ducas clan.