Watch List notes:

Theophanes, apo eparchon, of the apotheke of the slaves of Dekapolis, IY 10 = 696/697. Seal (Lead, 30 mm, 26.00 g, 12 h). ΘЄⲰΦANO-[V]C A[ΠO Є]ΠAPXⲰ[N] The emperor Leontios standing facing, holding a globus cruciger; in field to left, indiction sign; in field to right, I. Rev. AΠOΘH/KHC TⲰN / ANΔPAΠ[O]/ΔⲰN ΔЄ[K]/[AΠΟΛЄOC] in five lines, last line obscured. Cheynet, Sceaux de la collection Zacos, no. 26. An intriguing seal with a rare depiction of the emperor Leontios. Good very fine.


The Decapolis mentioned on this seal is the Cilician decapolis, rather than the cities of the Syro-Palestinian decapolis.