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LOT 3442
Byzantine Invocative PB Seal in the name of Leontios, Hypatos. 7th-8th centuries AD.
✠ ΘЄΟΤΟΚЄ ΒΟΗΘH in three lines / ΛЄΟNTIധ V[Π]ΑΤധ in three lines. Translation: Mother of God, help Leontios, hypatos. BZS.1958.106.962 (ΒΟΗΘЄI). Condition as seen.(16.83gr, 23mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Ex important private collection, North London, UK, 1990s.
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LOT 3442
Byzantine Invocative PB Seal in the name of Leontios, Hypatos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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