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PB Byzantine seal of Isaakios Komnenos, protoproedros and doux of Antioch (1074-1078).
Obv: St Theodore standing, holding a spear and shield. Inscription on either side: [ὁ ἅγιος] Θεόδωρο(ς). Border of dots.
Rev: Inscription of seven lines beginning with a cross: Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθ(ει) τῷ σῷ δ[ού]λῳ ᾿Ισαα[κίῳ] πρωτο[προέ]δρῳ καὶ δ[ουκὶ τῆς ᾿Αν]τιοχε[ίας τῷ] Κομνη[νῷ]. Border of dots.
Translation: St Theodoros. Lord aid your servant Isaakios Komnenos protoproedros and doux of Antioch.
Parallel specimens, Cheynet - Morrisson - Seibt, Seyrig no. 162; Zacos - Veglery no. 2701; Cheynet, Antioche et Tarse no. 51; Cheynet, Hatay no. 12; Cheynet, Comnènes p. 59, n. 31; PBW, Isaakios 61.
Condition: Near Very Fine.
Weight: 17.76 g.
Diameter: 31.1 mm.
Obv: St Theodore standing, holding a spear and shield. Inscription on either side: [ὁ ἅγιος] Θεόδωρο(ς). Border of dots.
Rev: Inscription of seven lines beginning with a cross: Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθ(ει) τῷ σῷ δ[ού]λῳ ᾿Ισαα[κίῳ] πρωτο[προέ]δρῳ καὶ δ[ουκὶ τῆς ᾿Αν]τιοχε[ίας τῷ] Κομνη[νῷ]. Border of dots.
Translation: St Theodoros. Lord aid your servant Isaakios Komnenos protoproedros and doux of Antioch.
Parallel specimens, Cheynet - Morrisson - Seibt, Seyrig no. 162; Zacos - Veglery no. 2701; Cheynet, Antioche et Tarse no. 51; Cheynet, Hatay no. 12; Cheynet, Comnènes p. 59, n. 31; PBW, Isaakios 61.
Condition: Near Very Fine.
Weight: 17.76 g.
Diameter: 31.1 mm.