388, Lot: 571. Estimate $750. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Michael VII Ducas, with Maria. 1071-1078. Pale AV Tetarteron Nomisma (20.5mm, 4.03 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Facing bust of the Theotokos, orans, holding nimbate bust of the infant Christ / Crowned facing busts of Michael and Maria, both holding between them long cross with X on shaft. DOC 4; SB 1871. Good VF, areas of flat strike at periphery.