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Byzantine Iconographic PB Seal of Alexius I Comnenus, as sebastos and megas domestikos. AD 1078-1081. St. Demetrius standing facing, holding a spear with right hand and resting left on shield set on ground; O A ΓΙ [...] in four or five lines to left, illegible inscription to right; all within border of dots / CЄBACTON H[Δ]H[S]ΔOMЄC IKONMΓ(MΓ ligate)AΛЄΞI ONNV[NTONKO] MNH[NONΔЄI] •K[NVѠ]•, dodecasyllabic metrical inscription in six lines; ornament with cross above; all within border of dots. Translation: I present Alexios Komnenos, already a sebastos and now a megas domestikos. Cf. BZS.1947.2.1074; cf. BZS.1955.1.3961; cf. BZS.1955.1.3960; cf. BZS.1951.31.5.3329. 24.02g, 30mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
From a private UK collection.
This seal dates from the years AD 1078-1081, during the reign of Nicephorus III Botaneiates, when Alexius Comnenus is attested to have held the office of grand domestic and with the title of sebastos.
Condition as seen.
From a private UK collection.
This seal dates from the years AD 1078-1081, during the reign of Nicephorus III Botaneiates, when Alexius Comnenus is attested to have held the office of grand domestic and with the title of sebastos.