CNG 84, Lot: 1638. Estimate $200. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Bryenios. Magister and Strategos tou stenou, mid 11th-12th centuries AD. PB Seal (26mm, 17.94 g, 12h). Half-length bust of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary) facing slightly right, holding Holy Infant / – + –/ΘKЄ RO/ RPYЄNIω/MAΓICTPω/S CTPATA/Γ, T(OY ligate) CTЄ/ – Nω – in seven lines. BLS I & II -; DOBS -; Seyrig -; Vatican -; Orghidan -; Jordanov -. Good VF, dusty earthen and gray patina. Unpublished in the standard references.