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Electronic Auction 446  19 Jun 2019
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Lot 444

Estimate: 100 USD
Price realized: 181 USD
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Dometios. Mid 6th-mid 7th centuries. PB Seal (20.5mm, 10.51 g, 12h). Eagle flying facing, head right, holding snake in talons; Christogram above / +/ΔO/ME/TIY across field. Zacos III, p. 1820. VF, gray-brown patina, traces of earthen deposits.

Ex Gorny & Mosch 147 (7 March 2006), lot 2485; Peus 376 (29 October 2003), lot 1260.

The name Dometios appears more frequently in the period 550-650 and in the first half of the 8th century. The obverse depicts the Christ-eagle striking the Satan-serpent.
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