Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1181. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $675. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Peribleptos Monastery. Late 11th century. PB Seal (27mm, 19.16 g, 1h). MP QV across field; Theotokos, orans, with medallion of child Christ on breast / CFRAG/ ANACCHC/ THC PERI/BLEPTOV/ MON in five lines across field. BLS I -; DOCBS -; Seyrig 285 var. (formation of rev. legend); Vatican -; Orghidan -; Jordanov -. Good VF, dark gray surfaces, minor deposits.

From the Robert E. Hecht Collection.

The Peribleptos Monastery, located in Constantinople, was dedicated to the Theotokos. Its church was built between 1030 and 1034 by the emperor Romanus III and served as his place of burial. Continued imperial benefaction and the monastic community’s possession of important relics ensured a steady flow of pilgrims to the monastery.