370, Lot: 563. Estimate $100. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Romanus III Argyrus. 1028-1034. AR Miliaresion (25mm, 3.04 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1030(?). The Theotokos standing facing on footstool, holding nimbate infant Christ / Romanus standing facing on footstool, wearing crown and loros, holding long patriarchal cross and patriarchal cross on globus. DOC 3b; SB 1822. Fine, scratches, bent, gilded and mounted as a pendant. Very rare.