209, Lot: 449. Estimate $75. Sold for $79. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Romanus IV Diogenes. 1068-1071. Æ Follis (24mm, 7.20 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ, holding Gospels; dotted cross behind head / Cross with globules and two pellets at each extremity, X at center; in angles, C-R/P-Δ. DOC 8; SB 1866. VF, green patina.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.