Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1196. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Uncertain. Dikaspolos, circa 11th-12th century. PB Seal (30mm, 24.85 g, 12h). M/I down left field; X/A down right field; St. Michael the Archangel standing facing, winged, wearing military attire, holding spear with trefoil ornament in right hand and globus cruciger in left hand / +OMw / NVMON FV/LATTE CON/ DIKACPO/(pelleted star) LON (pelleted star) in five lines; – + – above, – • – below. Cf. BLS II 603 (for obverse type); cf. DOCBS IV 40.11 (for obverse type); Seyrig -; Vatican -; Orghidan -; Jordanov -. VF, gray patina.

From the Robert E. Hecht Collection.