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Auction 10 12 Jul 2020
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Βyzantine lead seal of Sergios protospatharios and krites of Seleucia in Asia Minor(ca 12th cent.)
Obverse: Bust of Mother of God facing, nimbate, wearing chiton and maphorion, her right hand showing Jesus Christ whom is holding by her left (the iconographic type of the Hodegetria), Jesus Christ as child also facial and nimbate, wearing chiton, sigla, ΜΡ-Θ[ΟΥ] = Μήτηρ Θεοῦ (Mother of God), and Ο ΩΝ (the One who exists) for Christ, all within dotted border.
Reverse: Inscription in 7 lines following a cross, +Κ(ΥΡΙ)ΕΒ(ΟΗ)Θ(ΕΙ)/ΤΩCΩΔ(ΟΥΛΩ)/CΕΡΓΙΩΑ´/CΠΑΘ(ΑΡΙΩ)S,ΚΡΙ/Τ(Η)CΕΛΕV/Κ(ΕΙΑC)ΤΩCV/[...] = Κύριε, βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Σεργίῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ κριτῇ Σελευκείας τῷ Συ... (Lord, help your servant Sergios protospatharios and krites of Seleucia, the Sy...), all within dotted border.
Seleucia (Greek: Σελεύκεια, also transliterated as Seleukeia) was an ancient Greek city on the Mediterranean coast of Pamphylia, in Anatolia, approximately 15 km northeast of Side.
Condition: Very Fine
Weight: 14.50 gr
Diameter: 27 mm
Obverse: Bust of Mother of God facing, nimbate, wearing chiton and maphorion, her right hand showing Jesus Christ whom is holding by her left (the iconographic type of the Hodegetria), Jesus Christ as child also facial and nimbate, wearing chiton, sigla, ΜΡ-Θ[ΟΥ] = Μήτηρ Θεοῦ (Mother of God), and Ο ΩΝ (the One who exists) for Christ, all within dotted border.
Reverse: Inscription in 7 lines following a cross, +Κ(ΥΡΙ)ΕΒ(ΟΗ)Θ(ΕΙ)/ΤΩCΩΔ(ΟΥΛΩ)/CΕΡΓΙΩΑ´/CΠΑΘ(ΑΡΙΩ)S,ΚΡΙ/Τ(Η)CΕΛΕV/Κ(ΕΙΑC)ΤΩCV/[...] = Κύριε, βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Σεργίῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ κριτῇ Σελευκείας τῷ Συ... (Lord, help your servant Sergios protospatharios and krites of Seleucia, the Sy...), all within dotted border.
Seleucia (Greek: Σελεύκεια, also transliterated as Seleukeia) was an ancient Greek city on the Mediterranean coast of Pamphylia, in Anatolia, approximately 15 km northeast of Side.
Condition: Very Fine
Weight: 14.50 gr
Diameter: 27 mm