323, Lot: 506. Estimate $200. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Michael VII Ducas. 1071-1078. AR 2/3 Miliaresion (21mm, 1.19 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing / Θ KЄ [R'] Θ'/ MIXAHΛ/ ΔЄCΠOTH/ Tω ΔOV/–[KA]– in five lines; [cross or pearl shaped ornament above]. DOC 11a or 11b; SB 1875. Good Fine, toned, porosity, pierced. Rare.

Both DOC and SB have the legend beginning +KЄ R' Θ[...], but our coin and the illustrated specimen in DOC both clearly begin with a “Θ”.