328, Lot: 676. Estimate $150. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Michael VII Ducas, with Maria. 1071-1078. AR Miliaresion (21mm, 1.72 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Cross crosslet set on pellet on four steps; X at center, • above crescent on shaft; to left and right, crowned facing busts of Michael, wearing jeweled chlamys, and Maria, wearing loros / MIXAHΛ/ KAI MAPIA/ ΠICTOI RA/[C]IΛЄIC Pω/MAIωN in five lines. DOC 6b; SB 1874. Fine, toned. Scarce.

From the Demetrios Armounta Collection.