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2 January 2022
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Seal of the Alexios Stoudites monastery!

Starting Price: 50 CHF
Hammer Price:  220 CHF
Lot 1006

BYZANTINE SEALS. Monastery of Alexios Studites, circa 1025-1043. Seal or Bulla (Lead, 15 mm, 2.52 g, 12 h), Constantinople. [ΘΚΕ ΒΘ ΤΩ CΩ ΔΟΥΛΟ] Half-length bust of the Mother of God holding Christ in her left arm. Christ holds a scroll in his left hand, and his right hand is supported in a sling formed by his robe. Rev. +ΦΥΛΑ / ΤΤΕ CΗΝ / ΜΟΝΗΝ / ΑΛΕΞ [IOY] / [KOPH] (Virgin guard your monastery of Alexios). DO 5, 38.1. Laurent 5.3,. 1897. in five lines [within simple dotted border]. Struck as usual on a very tight flan, otherwise, very fine.



Regardless its relatively small size, this seal bears a huge importance as it was used for letters that were sent by the monastery that was established by the Patriarch Alexios Studites in the Bosporos coast. Unfortunately its exact location is not known today, and its existence was documented only from written sources and, of course, from extremely rare seals as the one offered here.

Online bidding closes: 2 Jan 2022, 22:23:00 CET Current Date & Time: 29 Mar 2024, 13:30:51 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:220 CHF by MailBidder8066 (10 bids)
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