CNG 102, Lot: 1201. Estimate $300. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Romanus IV Diogenes. 1068-1071. AR Two-thirds Miliaresion (19mm, 1.30 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Facing bust of the Virgin Mary, holding bust of the Infant Christ / –/+ΘKЄ/R Θ PωMA/Nω ∆ЄCΠO/TH Tω ∆IO/ΓЄNЄI/• • • in seven lines. DOC 5b; SB 1865. VF, toned, some porosity, light marks and scratches, flan a bit irregular. Rare.

From the M. A. Armstrong Collection. Ex Vecchi Nummorum Auctiones 10 (24 March 1998), lot 1309.