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Obolos 15

24 May 2020
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Starting Price: 50 CHF
Hammer Price:  180 CHF
Lot 1038

BYZANTINE SEALS. Nikephoros Episkopos of Tiberioupolis, circa 11th Century. Seal (Lead, 18.5 mm, 4.01 g, 12 h). [..]Θ TΩ C' / M/X Bust of the winged Archangel Michael facing, holding globus and spear. Rev. NIKH/ ΦOPΩ E/ΠICKOΠΩ/ TIBEPIA/ΠOΛ in five lines within linear border. Possibly unpublished; cf. Zacos I 1473 for the seal of another bishop from this city. With a lovely and particularly artistic depiction of the Archangel Michael; particularly hard-to-find seal. Very fine.



Tiberioupolis was, apparently, a city in Bithynia.

Online bidding closes: 24 May 2020, 23:39:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 19 Apr 2024, 07:15:39 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:180 CHF by madmike (9 bids)
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