Lead seal of Symeon (?) eparchou (?) and in charge of ... (10th cent.) Diam.: mm Weight: gr. Condition: VF/F. Cracked alongside the channel. Light
brown natural patina.
Obverse: Patriarchal cross on three steps, floral decoration, circular inscription:
Κ(ΥΡΙ)Ε ΒΟΗΘΕΙ ΤΩ CΩ ΔΟΥΛ(Ω) (Lord, help your servant).
Reverse: Inscription in 4 lines: + CΥΜΕΩΝ ΕΠΑΡ(ΧΟΥ) ΚΑΙ ΕΠΙ Τ(ΟΥ)
ΚΕ.ΞΤΕΝ(?) (Symeon eparchou and in charge of ...).
The reading of the reverse, as of its condition, is conjectural.
27mm
12.62gr
Very Fine
From a Private UK Collection.