Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1861. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARTAVASDUS, with NICEPHORUS. 742-743 AD. AR Miliaresion (1.99 gm, 6h). Constantinople mint. Cross potent on three steps / ARTAUASDOS S NIChFOROS EC QEU bASILIS+ in six lines. DOC II 6; SB 1545. Fine, toned, bent and straightened, resulting in a cracked flan. One of the rarest miliaresia in the Byzantine series. ($1000)