148, Lot: 456. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Michael VII Ducas. 1071-1078. AR 2/3 Miliaresion (21mm, 1.10 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Nimbate facing bust of Mary, holding medallion of infant Christ; pellets flanking her nimbus / •–• + KE ROH EI MIX•AH EC OTH TW WKA •••. DOC III 8 var (two dashes and pellet below reverse); SB 1876. Fine, spotty encrustation over flaking metal. Rare.

From the Robert Kutcher Collection.