270, Lot: 392. Estimate $200. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

John Alyates. Sebastos, circa 1290-1310. PB Seal (31mm, 28.87 g, 12h). St. Demetrius standing right, wearing nimbus crown and holding spear and shield; O/A/ΓI/O Δ/(HMH)/TPI/O/ς across field / + CΦ/PAΓIMA Iω/ANУ CЄBAC/TУ TУ AΛ/VATω in five lines. Jordanov II, p. 50, note 2; Vatican 69; PBW (consulted 1.xi.2011), Ioannes 20284 . Good VF, a few scrapes, minor surfaces cracks along channel on reverse.