275, Lot: 235. Estimate $750. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Michael VII Ducas, with Maria. 1071-1078. AV Tetarteron Nomisma (18mm, 4.03 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Facing bust of the Theotokos, orans, holding nimbate head of the infant Christ / Crowned facing busts of Michael and Maria, both holding between them long cross with X on shaft. DOC 4; SB 1871; Berk 329 (this coin). Good VF, tiny flan crack, scuff on cross.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Sotheby’s (2 November 1998), lot 549.