Watch List notes:

BYZANTINE. Melias. protospatharios, domestikos, and excubitor, 10th century. PB Seal (27mm, 15.21 g, 12h). Ornate patriarchal cross pommée, saltie at center and tendrils extending from base, set on three steps / – + –/MЄΛAIA,/Ā CΠΑΘ, S/ΔOM, TON/ЄΞK(OY)B'/TO['] in six lines. Earthen brown and dark gray patina. VF.