245, Lot: 536. Estimate $100. Sold for $775. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BYZANTINE. Michael Kontostephanos. Magistros and doux of Antioch, circa 1055. PB Seal (31mm, 28.82 g, 12h). O/ A/ΓI/O to left, ΓЄ/ωP/ΓI/O to right, St. George standing facing, holding spear and grounded shield / [- + -]/+KE RHΘ/ Tω Cω ΔV/ MIXAHΛ MA/ICTP S ΔVK/ ANTIOX Tω/ KONTCTЄ ΦAN in seven lines. DOCBS V 9.4 (same dies). Near VF. Better preserved than the Dumbarton Oaks specimen, allowing for an identification of the military figure as St. George.