Byzantine Iconographic PB Seal in the name of Basileios Tzirithon, patrikios, anthypatos, krites of the velon and antiprosopos of the sekreton of the oikeiakoi. Circa AD 1065-1080. The Mother of God, seated on a high-backed throne, holding Christ in front of her; sigla across fields: M[P] Θ[V] / [+ΘΚЄR] [R]ΑCΙΛЄΙ[Ѡ] [Π]ΡΙΑΝΘΠΑΤ[...] ΚΡΙΤΗΤ૪RΗΛU SΑΝΤΠΡΟCѠΠ૪, ΤЄΝΤѠCЄK[ΡΕ]T ΤѠΝΟΙΚЄΙΑ[Κ] ΤѠΤΖΙΡΙ(Ζ inverted) ΘѠΝΙ- in nine lines. Translation: (Mother of God, help) Basil Tzirithon, patrikios, anthypatos, judge of the velum and representative of the members of the sekreton of the oikeiakoi. P. Charalampakis, A Contribution to Byzantine Prosopography 2. The Tzirithon family, Βυζαντινά Σύμμεικτα 28 (2018), p. 60, no. 7d. 26.25g, 31mm, 12h.
Condition as seen. Extremely Rare.
From a private European collection.