CNG 106, Lot: 876. Estimate $1000. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine IV Pogonatus. 668-685. AR Miliaresion (21mm, 4.44 g, 6h). Ceremonial issue. Diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman motif / Cross potent set on globe set on three steps; palm fronds flanking. DOC 20; MIB 61; SB 1165. VF, toned, a few minor scratches, die rust. Extremely rare.

From the Iconodule Collection.