379, Lot: 538. Estimate $100. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Kievan Rus. Tmutarakan (Principality). temp. Mstislav Volodimirovich Khorobry (the Brave). Circa 990-1024. Æ “Miliaresion” (23mm, 1.48 g). Imitating a Constantinople mint AR Miliaresion of Basil II. Cross potent on two steps; on either side, crowned and draped facing bust; crown with pendilia; border of rectangles / Pseudo-legend composed of rectangles within border of rectangles. Sergeev 547; Golenko 6. Near VF, dark brown patina, chipped.