Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1195. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $230. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

John. Vestarches, 11th-12th century. PB Seal (22mm, 9.28 g, 12h). O/G/E/w/R down left field; G/I/O/C down right field; St. George standing facing, wearing military attire, holding spear in right hand, left hand on shield / +Iw/ANHN FV/LATTE REC/TAPXH MA/-KAP- in five lines. BLS I -; cf. DOCBS I 70.2 (for obverse type) ; Seyrig -; Vatican -; Orghidan -; Jordanov -. VF.

From the Robert E. Hecht Collection.

A vestarches ranked between a magistros and vestes. The title appears to have been devalued by the late 11th century before disappearing in the 12th.