450, Lot: 456. Estimate $150. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anonymous. Symbatikios imperial protospatharios and strategos of Macedonia, 10th-11th centuries. PB Seal (21.5mm, 6.53 g, 12h). Theotokos enthroned facing, holding Holy Infant on lap; barred M Θ across field / +CVMBA./TIK’ R’ A’ CΠA/ΘAPIωS CTP/ATIΓ MAKЄ/ΔONIA in five lines across field. Cf. DOCBS 43.34. Tan-brown patina. Good VF.