Watch List notes:

Stylianos, 11th century. Seal (Lead, 22 mm, 17.19 g, 12 h). [Θ / Π]A[N/T]Є-Λ/Є/H/M, Nimbate bust of St. Pantaleon facing, holding medical instruments. Rev. MЄΓAΛO/MAPTVC / ΠA,TЄΛЄ/HMO, ΦVΛA/ΞЄ TⲰ CⲰ / Δ૪, CTVΛ,/ANⲰ in seven lines ('Great martyr Pantaleon, protect your servant, Stylianos'). Apparently unpublished save for its previous auction appearance. An appealing portrait of the patron saint of doctors with an exceptional invocation on the reverse. Tight flan, otherwise, good very fine.


Ex Leu Web Auction 20, 16-18 July 2022, 3160 and previously from a European collection, acquired before 2021.