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LOT 4203
Byzantine Iconographic PB Seal in the name of Magnos, Kourator of the Divine House and Kommerkiarios of Theoupolis. Second half of 6th century AD.
Facing nimbate and crowned busts of Justin II and Sophia (or alternatively Tiberius II with Anastasia or Maurice Tiberius with Constantina); the emperor wears chlamys, the empress wears jewelled chlamys; cross between; TOY ΘЄΙΟY ΟΙΚ' [TƔ] ΥΠΟ ΜΑΓΝΟΝ Є[ΝΔΟΞ'] ΚΟΥΡΑΤ' ΚΟ[ΜΜЄΡ]Κ' ΘΥ[ΠΟ] in four lines below / Blank, but for imprint of burlap. Translation: (Seal of) the divine house under Magnos, the glorious Kourator and Kommerkiarios of Theoupolis. BLS I, 130. Condition as seen. An extremely rare and historically important seal.(32.46gr, 41mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 4203
Byzantine Iconographic PB Seal in the name of Magnos, Kourator of the Divine House and Kommerkiarios of Theoupolis.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
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