351, Lot: 724. Estimate $100. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nicephorus III Botaniates, with Maria. 1078-1081. AR Miliaresion (23mm, 1.50 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Large ornamented patriarchal cross set on pellet on three steps; X at center, • above crescent on shaft; to left and right, crowned facing busts of Nicephorus, wearing jeweled chlamys, and Maria, wearing loros / NIKHΦP,/ KAI MAPIA/ ΠICTOI RA/CILΛЄIC Pω/MAIωN in five lines; – + – above, – • – below within triple border. DOC 6; Boutin 636; SB 1886. Fine, slightly granular surfaces, a few minor marks. Rare.

From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection.