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Byzantine lead seal of Apnelgaripes magistros
(ca 1060-1078 AD)
Obverse: St. George standing facing, wearing military dress, holding spear in right hand, resting left on shield, columnar inscription: O(ΑΓΙΟC)ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟC = Ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος (Saint George), all within dotted border.
Reverse: Inscription in 5 lines between decorative patterns with a cross and following a cross, +ΚΕRΟΗ/[Θ]ΕΙΤΩCΩ/ΔΟΥΛΩ/ΑΠ/ΝΕΛΓ(Α)ΡΙΠΗ/Μ(Α)ΓΙCΤΡΩ = Κύριε, βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἀπνελγαρίπῃ μαγίστρῳ (Lord help your servant Apnelgaripes magistros), all within a dotted border.
Parallel/similar seals and bibliography: BLS II 362; CNG Zacos II 362 var. (legend); Seyrig 40. As Cheynet (Travaux et Memoires 12, Paris 1994, no.18) notes, this person has been identified as the Apellarib Archruni, son of Hasan, of a family closely allied with Senacherim, prince of Vaspourakan. Apellarib served Michael VII as governor of Cilicia. Later on he became proedros and strategos (governor) of Tarsus in Cilicia, Asia Minor. He died about 1078.
Condition: Very Fine
Weight: 20.40 gr
Diameter: 33 mm
(ca 1060-1078 AD)
Obverse: St. George standing facing, wearing military dress, holding spear in right hand, resting left on shield, columnar inscription: O(ΑΓΙΟC)ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟC = Ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος (Saint George), all within dotted border.
Reverse: Inscription in 5 lines between decorative patterns with a cross and following a cross, +ΚΕRΟΗ/[Θ]ΕΙΤΩCΩ/ΔΟΥΛΩ/ΑΠ/ΝΕΛΓ(Α)ΡΙΠΗ/Μ(Α)ΓΙCΤΡΩ = Κύριε, βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἀπνελγαρίπῃ μαγίστρῳ (Lord help your servant Apnelgaripes magistros), all within a dotted border.
Parallel/similar seals and bibliography: BLS II 362; CNG Zacos II 362 var. (legend); Seyrig 40. As Cheynet (Travaux et Memoires 12, Paris 1994, no.18) notes, this person has been identified as the Apellarib Archruni, son of Hasan, of a family closely allied with Senacherim, prince of Vaspourakan. Apellarib served Michael VII as governor of Cilicia. Later on he became proedros and strategos (governor) of Tarsus in Cilicia, Asia Minor. He died about 1078.
Condition: Very Fine
Weight: 20.40 gr
Diameter: 33 mm