⅓ Miliaresion - Romanus IV Diogenes

Romanus IV's reign lasted just three years before the catastrophic defeat at Manzikert in 1071, where he was captured by Seljuk Sultan Alp Arslan — the first time a sitting Byzantine emperor had been taken prisoner in centuries. The political fallout was swift: Romanus was ransomed, deposed, blinded, and dead within a year. Coinage attributable specifically to his reign is correspondingly scarce, and the fractional silver denominations see far less attention in collections than the more glamorous gold.