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E-Sale 98  16 Jun 2022
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Lot 1750

Estimate: 50 GBP
Price realized: 60 GBP
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Byzantine Iconographic PB Seal in the name of Michael hypatos, judge of the Hippodrome and of the Anatolikoi. Circa 11th century AD. Bust of the Mother of God orans, nimbate, wearing pallium and maphorium; sigla across fields: [MP] Θ[V] / [TOV] ΙΠΠO[ΔΡ]Ο (ΠΠ ligate) ΚΡΤΗC[ΜΙ] ΧΗΛVΠΑ ΤΟCSΤΑΝ ΤΟΛΙΚ in six lines. Translation: Judge of the Hippodrome and of the Anatolikoi, the hypatos Michael. DOCBS III 86.30. 26.47g, 32mm, 12h.

Condition as seen.

The DOC catalogue notes that this seal has "highly unusual phrasing for a non-metrical seal, but the combination of titles seems quite plausible for this period."
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