319, Lot: 646. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Romanus IV Diogenes, with Eudocia, Michael VII, Constantius, and Andronicus. 1068-1071. AV Histamenon Nomisma (28mm, 4.36 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Michael standing facing on a pelleted dais, holding labarum and akakia, between Constantius and Andronicus, each holding globus cruciger and akakia / Christ standing facing on footstool, crowning Romanus and Eudocia, each holding globus cruciger. DOC 2; SB 1860. Near EF, struck from a slightly worn obverse die. Scarce variety with pelleted dais.

From the Ronald J. Hansen Collection.