Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1187. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Leontios. Protospatharios, 11th century. PB Seal (26mm, 13.38 g, 12h). MP QV across field; facing bust of Theotokos, orans, wearing chiton and maphorion / QKE BO/HQEI LE/ONTIw A´/CPAQA/RIw in five lines; – + – above. BLS I -; DOCBS -; Seyrig -; Vatican -; Orghidan -; Jordanov -. VF, gray surfaces, minor deposits.

From the Robert E. Hecht Collection.