341, Lot: 464. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Michael VII Ducas, with Maria. 1071-1078. AR Miliaresion (20mm, 1.54 g, 12h). 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. Near VF, lightly toned. Rare.
From the Demetrios Armounta Collection.