Watch List notes:

BYZANTINE SEALS. Basileion, Metropolitan of Laodicea, circa 9th-10th century. Seal or Bulla (Lead, 29 mm, 22.34 g, 11 h). Busts of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. Remnants of the Saints' names above them. A cross above(?). Rev. BACIΛ / MITPOΠΟ / Λ ΛΑΟΔΙ / ΚHAC in four lines within plain linear border. An otherwise unknown seal. Old bang on the reverse, otherwise, nearly very fine.


Laodicea is one of the Seven churches of Asia, mentioned in the Book of Revelation.