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An anonymous byzantine seal (11th cent.)
Diam.: mm Weight: 9.14 gr. Condition: VF. Attractive natural patina.
Obverse: Decoration and cross, inscription in 4 lines: + ΟΥ/ CΦΡΑ/ΓΙC ΕΙ/ΜΙ= Οὗ
σφραγίς εἰμι (Of whom I am a seal), all within a dotted border.
Reverse: Decoration, inscription in 4 lines: ΤΗΝ/ ΓΡΑΦ/ΗΝ ΒΛΕΠ(ΩΝ)/ ΝΟΕΙ= τὴν
γραφὴν βλέπων, νόει (you will understand looking at the script), all within a dotted
border.
It is to note that the whole inscription consists a metric iambic twelve-syllable verse.
The anonymous seals, of which we encounter several types, where in use during all
byzantine period, while this special type mainly during 11th-12th cent.
Bibliography: Wassiliou-Seibt, Alexandra-Kyriaki. Corpus Der Byzantinischen
Siegel Mit Metrischen Legenden Teil 2: N - Sphragis. Vienna: österreichischen
Akademie der Wisseschaften, 2015.
Condition: Very Fine
Weight: 9.14gr
Diameter: 19.98mm
From a Private Dutch, Collection.
Diam.: mm Weight: 9.14 gr. Condition: VF. Attractive natural patina.
Obverse: Decoration and cross, inscription in 4 lines: + ΟΥ/ CΦΡΑ/ΓΙC ΕΙ/ΜΙ= Οὗ
σφραγίς εἰμι (Of whom I am a seal), all within a dotted border.
Reverse: Decoration, inscription in 4 lines: ΤΗΝ/ ΓΡΑΦ/ΗΝ ΒΛΕΠ(ΩΝ)/ ΝΟΕΙ= τὴν
γραφὴν βλέπων, νόει (you will understand looking at the script), all within a dotted
border.
It is to note that the whole inscription consists a metric iambic twelve-syllable verse.
The anonymous seals, of which we encounter several types, where in use during all
byzantine period, while this special type mainly during 11th-12th cent.
Bibliography: Wassiliou-Seibt, Alexandra-Kyriaki. Corpus Der Byzantinischen
Siegel Mit Metrischen Legenden Teil 2: N - Sphragis. Vienna: österreichischen
Akademie der Wisseschaften, 2015.
Condition: Very Fine
Weight: 9.14gr
Diameter: 19.98mm
From a Private Dutch, Collection.