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Obolos 19

8 May 2021
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Rare "metric" seal

Starting Price: 100 CHF
Hammer Price:  130 CHF
Lot 1121

BYZANTINE SEALS. Georgios Skaranos, late 13th-early 14th century. Seal or Bulla (Lead, 34 mm, 32.20 g, 12 h). O / A/ΓI/O/C - ΓE/ΩP/ΓI/OC Nimbate Saint George, standing facing, holding spear in his right hand and resting his left hand on his shield. Rev. +/ CΦPAΓIC O / MAPTYC TΩN E/MΩN NVN ΠPAKTE/ΩN OMⲰNYMⲰN / [M]OI CKAPANⲰ / [Γ]EⲰPΓIⲰ in six lines. Laurent, Les bulles métriques dans la sigillographie byzantine, 43. Stavrakos 232. Wassiliou-Seibt, Corpus II, 2696. Zacos -. An interesting large seal, with a lovely metric legend on the reverse. As usual struck in a tight flan, otherwise, nearly very fine.

Online bidding closes: 9 May 2021, 00:20:30 CEST Current Date & Time: 18 Apr 2024, 23:07:36 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:130 CHF by Lupin (4 bids)
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