245, Lot: 537. Estimate $200. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BYZANTINE. Basileios Xeros. Proedros and genikos logethetes, late 11th century. PB Seal (35mm, 35.88 g, 11h). +ΘKЄ BOHΘEI Tω Cω ΔOVΛω, Theotokos seated facing, holding infant Christ, - above MP to left, - above ΘV to right / BACIΛЄI/ω ΠPOЄΔPω/ KAI ΓЄNI/Kω ΛOΓOΘЄ/TH Tω ΞH/Pω in six lines. BLS -; BLS -; DOCBS -; Vatican -; Orghidan -. VF.

Proedros was a title first granted under Nikephoros II, widely seen in the late 11th century. A genikos logothetes was a provincial official in charge of tax collection.