Leu Numismatik AG
Web Auction 24 3-6 Dec 2022
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Uncertain sebastos, 11th-12th centuries. Seal (Lead, 30 mm, 27.38 g). Circular legend. Dog running to right, head turned back. Rev. +CEBACTOC TP... Lion advancing to right, head turned back. An intriguing piece with rare iconography. Scrape and the flan somewhat bent, otherwise, very fine.
Ex Naumann E-Auction 121, 2 October 2022, 906.
Although the style and design of this interesting seal would suggest a 10th century date, the rank of sebastos starts to appear only at the end of the 11th century. The shape of the beta (as a closed B, rather than R, which is conventional in this period) is indicative that its origin must have been somewhere in the provinces of the Byzantine empire.
Ex Naumann E-Auction 121, 2 October 2022, 906.
Although the style and design of this interesting seal would suggest a 10th century date, the rank of sebastos starts to appear only at the end of the 11th century. The shape of the beta (as a closed B, rather than R, which is conventional in this period) is indicative that its origin must have been somewhere in the provinces of the Byzantine empire.