Byzantine Iconographic PB Seal of Nicholas Leontares. 13th century AD. Saint Nicholas standing facing, raising hand in benediction; O AΓIOS in four lines to left, NIKOΛAOS in four lines to right / + ЄNΔVΠ TVXѠCЄTPI CMAKAPΠЄPΓP AΦѠNIKOΛAOC Δ૪ΛOCCOCΛ ЄONTAPIC in six lines. Translation: I, your servant Nicholas Leontares, inscribe you on my seal, thrice-blessèd father. DOC BZS.1955.1.3862; Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, 740. 45.02g, 35mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
From the Yacob and Tali Shavleyan Collection.