CNG 88, Lot: 1724. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Romanus IV Diogenes. 1068-1071. AR 1/3 Miliaresion (13mm, 0.44 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Half-length bust of the Theotokos facing and orans; barred M/ӨK-Ө/RӨ across field / Half-length bust of Romanus facing, wearing crown and loros, holding patriarchal cross and globus cruciger; PωM’ to right. DOC 7; SB 1865a. Good VF, toned, somewhat clipped. Exceptional for issue. Very rare.