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LOT 4161
Byzantine Iconographic Lead Seal in the name of Constantine, Imperial Protospatharios(?) and Epi Tou Manglaviou. 10th century AD.
✠ KЄ ROΗΘЄI TѠ [...], large cross set on base and three steps; tendrils and pellets in fields / ✠ [...]ധNC-[...]NTINധ [...]ΠΑΘΑΡ [...]ЄΠΙ ΤᏌ Μ -[...]ΓΛAR' in five lines. Translation: Lord, help [thy servant], Constantine, [Imperial Proto?]spatharios and epi tou manglaviou. DOCBS -; BLS I -; BLS II -. Condition as seen. Cut. Unpublished in the standard references.(5.40gr, 26mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4161
Byzantine Iconographic Lead Seal in the name of Constantine, Imperial Protospatharios(?) and Epi Tou Manglaviou.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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