Leu Numismatik AG
Web Auction 24 3-6 Dec 2022
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Alexandros, 550-650. Seal (Lead, 19 mm, 10.00 g, 12 h). Nike advancing left, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond over her left shoulder; in left field, christogram. Rev. Cruciform monogram of AΛEΞANΔPOV. Zacos/Veglery 1373. Very fine.
Ex Leu Web Auction 19, 16-18 July 2022 and Leu Web Auction 15, 27-28 February 2021, 2651.
On their examples, Zacos/Veglery see Nike cradling a stylis, as she does on the gold staters of Alexander the Great. This leads them to speculate that this seal's owner picked the imagery in an allusion to his famous historical namesake. In any case, apart from some common imperial types, Nike is only very rarely depicted on Byzantine seals.
Ex Leu Web Auction 19, 16-18 July 2022 and Leu Web Auction 15, 27-28 February 2021, 2651.
On their examples, Zacos/Veglery see Nike cradling a stylis, as she does on the gold staters of Alexander the Great. This leads them to speculate that this seal's owner picked the imagery in an allusion to his famous historical namesake. In any case, apart from some common imperial types, Nike is only very rarely depicted on Byzantine seals.