Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1175. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

John. Protospatharios, hypatos, epi tou Chrysotriklinou(?), krites, and epi tou hippodromou of the Armerniakoi(?), early to mid 11th century. PB Seal (32mm, 24.78 g, 12h). + KE RQ/ Tw Cw D(OY)/ [I]w A´CPAQ/ [E]PI T(OY) XPG/[..]VAT in five lines, – above / KRITH/ EPI T(OY) IP/PODROM(OY)/C TwN A[R]/MNI[wN] in five lines, – • – above. BLS I -; DOCBS -; Seyrig -; Vatican -; Orghidan -; Jordanov. VF, tan patina.

From the Robert E. Hecht Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 142 (10 October 2005), lot 3350.