Lead seal of Marinos vicarios (?), spatharios and topoteretes (?) ton Ignatianon (Ignatiou)(?) (8th cent.), Obverse: Cruciform invocative monogram, inscribed in 4 corners: ΘΕΟΤΟΚΕ ΒΟΗΘΕΙ ΤΩ CΩ ΔΟΥΛΩ (Mother of God help your servant).
Reverse: Inscription in 5 (or 6) lines: + ΜΑ/ ΡΙΝΩ VI[CA]/R(ΙΩ) CΠ(ΑΘΑΡΙΩ) S (=ΚΑΙ) Τ[Ο]/ ΠΟΤ(ΗΡΗΤΗ) ΤΩΝ/ [ΙΓ]ΝΑΤΙ[ΑΝΩN/or ΟΥ?] (+ Marinos vicarios, spatharios [or imperial spatharios] and topoteretes of the Ignatianoi [or Ignatiou]).
16,58 gr
Very Fine
From a Private UK Collection.