224, Lot: 614. Estimate $200. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Romanus IV Diogenes. 1068-1071. AV Tetarteron Nomisma (18mm, 3.98 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Half-length facing bust of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary), holding medallion containing facing bust of Holy Infant / Half-length facing busts of Romanus and Eudocia, holding globus surmounted by long jeweled cross between them. DOC 3; SB 1862. VF, flan slightly ragged.