Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1176. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Aaron. Proedros and doux, mid 11th century. PB Seal (30mm, 17.55 g, 12h). O/QE/O down left field; D/wR/O/(abbreviation sign) down right field; St. Theodore standing facing, wearing military outfit, holding spear in right hand and shield in left / +KE RQ/ AARwN/ PROAI/DRw KAI/ D(OY)KI in five lines. BLS II 353a; DOCBS -; Seyrig -; Vatican -; Irghiden -; Jordanov -. VF, even gray surfaces.

From the Robert E. Hecht Collection.

Aaron was the son the Bulgarian King John Vladislav and the brother-in-law of Isaac Comnenus. He had a successful military career and held numerous offices, mainly in the east.