Ekdikoi of the Hagia Sophia. Circa late 11th-13th century. PB Seal (62mm, 142.95 g, 12h). [+VΠ]ЄP, A ΘЄOTOKOC XЄ ROHΘЄI, The Theotokos and Justinian I supporting between them a model of the domed Church of Hagia Sophia; H/A/Γ/I/A C/O/Φ/I/A down central field / – • –/+TOIC ΘЄ/OCЄRЄCTA/TOIC ΠPЄC/RVTЄP[O]IC/KAI ЄKKΛH/CЄKΔIKS/– • – in eight lines . BLS II 66 (this seal). Dark gray and tan brown patina, peripheral hole, the figure of the Theotokos flatly struck. Near EF. Impressive. Lot comes with plaster cast of the seal.
From the Rome on the Euphrates Collection. Ex George Zacos Collection (Part II, Spink 132, 25 May 1999), lot 207 (includes auction envelope and collector's tickets).