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LOT 3707
Byzantine Iconographic PB Seal. Circa 13th-15th century AD.
Uncertain figure standing facing, holding cross on base with right hand; εC SO ON N O in five lines to left, O εC C Π CΛ in five lines to right / NCKЄΠЄIC ЄCЄINЄΠNP IBЄNЄΛΥΧΙЄ ЄCTOCNOPT[...] ΠOCIധЄTO IBΠN in six lines. For a seal of similar style, cf. Roma e82, 1788. Condition as seen.(51.14gr, 45mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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