Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1208. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Georgios Skaranos. Circa 1275-1300. PB Seal (33mm, 36.56 g, 12h). O/A/GI/OC down left field; GE/wR/GI/OC down right field; St. George standing facing, wearing military dress, holding spear in right hand, left hand on shield / CFRAGIC O/ MAPTVC TwN/ HMwN (HM ligate) NVN PRAK[TE]/wN OMwNVMw/ [M]OI CKAPAN[w] [GEwR]G[w] in six lines; cross above. BLS I -; V. Laurent, Les bulles métriques dans la sigillographie byzantine, 43; DOCBS -; Seyrig -; Vatican -; Orghidan -; Jordanov -. VF, attractive tan-brown patina.

From the Robert E. Hecht Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 142 (10 October 2005), lot 3355; Gorny & Mosch 90 (12 October 1998), lot 1414.